Kurdish proverbs and sayings: Feylî dialect, English translation
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A collection of proverbs and sayings from Ilam and Kermashan translated into English. The Kurdish texts are written both in Latin and Aramaic alphabets and where needed additional information is given so the reader can understand the core meaning of the proverb.
To further help the reader with better understanding of the proverbs a glossary is added at the end of the book.
Saiwan Kamber
Författaren är Feylî kurd bosatt i Sverige. Hans mål med den här boken är att bistå de som vill lära sig mer om de verb som finns inom Feyli kurdiska.
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Kurdish proverbs and sayings - Saiwan Kamber
To my dear parents
Jasim and Lamieh, my heroes.
And to my beloved daughter Madjan.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the following people for their help with shaping this book
Jasim Kamber
Lamieh Say
Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Feylî alphabet
Chapter A
Chapter B
Chapter C
Chapter Ç
Chapter D
Chapter E
Chapter Ê
Chapter F
Chapter G
Chapter H
Chapter Ii
Chapter Î
Chapter J
Chapter K
Chapter L
Chapter M
Chapter N
Chapter P
Chapter Q
Chapter R
Chapter S
Chapter Ş
Chapter T
Chapter Ü
Chapter W
Chapter X
Chapter Y
Chapter Z
Glossary
References
Foreword
The purpose of this book is to give the reader an insight into the proverbs used within the Feyli dialect of Kurdish.
Furthermore, it is a way to preserve and propagate the Feyli dialect.
The book begins with an explanation of how the Latin letters are used. In order to preserve the correct pronunciation and prevent misunderstandings, each word is written exactly as they sound. I believe it to be of outmost importance since there are words that sound very similar to each other but have different meanings.
To ensure that the proverbs spirit is not lost, I haven’t always translated them word for word.
Where necessary, I have added additional comments for the proverbs to be understood correctly. The comments can be found below the English translation in [].
The book ends with a glossary consisting of difficult
words.
Happy reading.
Feylî alphabet
The author assumes the Kurmancî alphabet (ü is an exception).
The reader will also find capital letter L in some of the words. These L's correspond to the American L in App(L)e and (L)eg. It is