Kurdish Language - Indo-European Linguistic Comparison

Indo-European Linguistic Comparison

See also: Template:Iranian languages word table

Because Kurdish is an Indo-European language, there are many words that are cognates in Kurdish and other Indo-European languages such as Avestan, Persian, Sanskrit, German, English, Norwegian, Latin and Greek. (Source: Altiranisches Wörterbuch (1904) for the first two and last six.)

Kurdish Avestan Persian Sanskrit Greek English German Swedish Latin Lithuanian Russian PIE
ez "I" äzəm adam aham egō I (< OE ) ich jag ego ja (related to OCS azŭ) *h₁eĝh₂om
lep "hand" (OE lōf "fillet, band") (OHG lappo "palm (of the hand)") lṓpa "paw, claw" lápa "paw" *tlāp-
žin "woman" ghenãnãmca "woman" zan janay- gynē queen (OHG quena) kvinna (OPruss. genna) žená "wife" *gʷenh₂-
leystin(bileyzim) "to play(I play)" ley ley kardan(to jump with one foot) réjati (OE lācan "to play") leich leka láigyti *(e)leig'- "to jump, to spring, to play"
mezin,gewre "great" maz-, mazant masan (middle Persian), gošn "numerous" mah(ī)-/mahānt- megas much (< OE mićil, myćil) (OHG mihhil) mycket "much" magnus *meĝh₂- "big, great"
mêzer "headband/turban" Miθra "binding", "god name" *Miça "god name"(Old Persian) mitrah mitra "headband, turban", mir "world, peace" *mei- "to tie"
pez "sheep" pasu- "sheep, goat" paśu "animal" fee (< OE feoh "cattle") Vieh "cattle" "cattle" pecus "cattle" pekus "ox" *pek̂-u- "sheep"
çiya,kash "mountain" kūh, chakād "peak/summit" kakúd-, kakúbh- "peak/summit" kinn "steep mountain side" cacūmen *kak-, *kakud- "top"
žîyar "alive" žiyan "to live" gaêm zend "alive", "to live", zaideh "child" jīvati zoi "life", "live" quick quick "bright" kvick "quick" vīvus "alive", vīvō "live", vīta "life" gývas žyzn' "life", žyvój "living, alive" *gʷih₃(u̯)-
zan "I know" zan "to know" zan- dān "I know", dān "to know" jān gnō know kennen kunna "to be able to", "to know" , gn žin"I know" žin "to know" znat' "to know" *ĝneh₃-

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