Diversity in Kurdî...

[heval]

Now, how do you say "vegetable"?

We say Sewzî (comes from one of the two Kurdî words for green, Sewz)

Correction...

And it is a CONTRADICTION too (that which I will reveal to you):

Shinahî = "Greenness"
Kesk ="Green"...

So we have actually got three words for Green... Because Shîn, although it means "blue" - can in situations mean "Green"...

And we call Vegetable by the Persian name... Which the Turks got it from:

Kurdî: Sebze
English pron: Sabza

But the one Heval wrote is a Kurdish word for vegetable... And also - Shinahî - is a Kurdish... But much is a word for more than just vegetables - also anything "green" - in e.g. grass, herbs, trees etc...

It is strange how the decriptions of blue and green can be so confusing in Kurdî... In some dialects, Shîn is blue. However, in other dialects Awî is blue (which literally translated means watery)... but in other dialects Awî means clear. Now, you say Shinahî, which I would expect means blue-ish, instead actually means greenish? ... Well, I was unaware of that one. Thanks!

I don't think we got Sebze from Persians, because it's Sewzî! ... but it's interesting that you say Sebze...

By the way, about the Turkish... check out the hangman topic

[Diri]

Yes...

I've seen it... And your assessments are correct...
Very good...


Shîn means blue... But Shînahî means things which are green - in nature... Plants... Grass... Etc...

But:

Shîn dibît - "it grows"... Because it is a reference to plants - it means "it becomes green"... Weird, huh? LOL

You don't say about a person that he "shîn dibît"... But you do say a tree "shîn dibït"...

But "Shîn" in other kontexts just means "blue"... I have never heard of Awi though... For blueness I mean! But it makes sense!

[Rumtaya]

We use also Plate but we have an own word for it maybe its not assyrian i am not sure about. We call it "Tarareh"!

[Egid]

sinni= is a big plate.
meyve=fruit
Sebze=Vegetable

seynik ??????u have never heard of this???????

Sorgul Seynik (seynek) is my language cow shit.

[sorgul]

hahahaha


ok thnx for being so descriptive ...i meant sinnik...i just spelled it wrong
sorry guys

[Mosul]

senik for plate, and Fiqi for Fruit.

[tomjez]

Well they say tabak in turkish for plate. çatal for knife. Don't know who got what from who (I won't take side)

Intersting discussion about blue and green, I can solve it

In breton language, Green and blue and all their nuances (sea is everywhere in brittany) are the same: GLAZ, best word of breton

[Diri]

Well they say tabak in turkish for plate. çatal for knife. Don't know who got what from who (I won't take side)

Intersting discussion about blue and green, I can solve it

In breton language, Green and blue and all their nuances (sea is everywhere in brittany) are the same: GLAZ, best word of breton

çatal means "fork"... Not knife...

And in Kurdish it is - çetal... They have it from Kurdish...

Tabak comes from the name of the Kurdish headgear - "Tebelix" - which looks like a plate... It is a golden plate worn on the head like a hat - and with chains and stuff hanging down... Remind me a bit of Dênik... But they are very different...

Good for you, Tom... Glaz sounds like "Glass"...

Must be awfully hard to go shopping in Breton - "I want a GLAZ dress" - and it can mean anything from aqua, blue to marine and green... And all in between of course...

[Mosul]

no diri, tabaq comes from arabic.

[Ciwan]

Erd (Kurmancî)
Erde (German)
Earth

[Mosul]

We say Feki (feekee in english)...

What about fruit with an s: fruitS

Feki miki

Now, how do you say "vegetable"?

We say Khadirahwa.

[kardox]

sinik(senick), tasik is for the watery food.

[Diri]

Yes - Tasik for the soups and watery stuff - and then we say Devî for a plate...