Abbreviations
From the Book:
A Kurdish-English Dictionary
By:
Taufiq Wahby, C. J. Edmonds
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| (A) | Arabic |
| a., adj. | adjective |
| act. | active |
| adv. | adverb |
| aff. | affix |
| approx. | approximately |
| att. | attire |
| b. | bûn |
| bot. | botanical |
| bw. | bûnewe |
| caus. | causative |
| cf. | compare |
| comb. | combination |
| comp. | compound |
| conj. | conjunction |
| constr. | construction |
| contempt. | contemptuous |
| ḍ., d. | ḍan, dan |
| dem. | demonstrative |
| d.o. | direct object |
| ḍw., dw. | ḍanewe, danewe |
| (E) | European |
| e.g. | for example |
| Eng. | English |
| esp. | especially |
| etc. | etcetera |
| excl. | exclamation |
| expr. | express, expressing, expression |
| facet. | facetious |
| fem. | female, feminine |
| fig. | figurative, figuratively |
| foll. | following |
| fort. | fortification |
| g. | girtin |
| (G) | Gorani |
| gen. | generally |
| gram. | grammar |
| gw. | girtinewe |
| i. | intransitive |
| imperat. | imperative |
| imperf. | imperfect |
| impers. | impersonal |
| incl. | including |
| ind. | indicative |
| inf. | infinitive |
| int. | interjection |
| intr. | intransitive |
| irreg. | irregular |
| joc. | jocular |
| k. | kirdin |
| kw. | kirdinewe |
| lit. | literal, literally |
| loc. | locative |
| (M) | Mukri |
| masc. | masculine, male |
| med. | medical |
| milit. | military |
| mod. | modern |
| (N) | Northern Kirmanji |
| n. | nan |
| n. | noun |
| neg. | negative |
| nw. | nanewe |
| opp. | opposite, opposed |
| (P) | Persian |
| p. | page |
| part. | participle |
| pass. | passive |
| perf. | perfect |
| perh. | perhaps |
| pers. | person |
| pl. | plural |
| plup. | pluperfect |
| pop. | popular |
| poss. | possessive |
| postp. | postposition |
| prec. | preceding (word) |
| pref. | prefix, prefixed |
| prep. | preposition |
| pres. | present |
| prob. | probably |
| pron. | pronoun |
| punct. | punctuation |
| q.v. | which see |
| ref. | reference |
| refl. | reflexive |
| relat. | relative |
| sg. | something |
| sing. | singular |
| (SN) | Sanandaji |
| subj. | subjunctive |
| suf. | suffix |
| (T) | Turkish |
| t. | transitive |
| topog. | topography, topographical |
| tr., trans. | transitive |
| v. | verb |
| veg. | vegetable |
| voc. | vocative |
| w. | with |
| x. | xistin |
| xw. | xistinewe |
The doubling of the abbreviation if a single letter, or of the final letter, denotes the plural.
The initial letter of the first translation of the head word is freely used to denote that word, in the same part of speech, where there is no danger of misunderstanding.