The Unified Kurdish Alphabet (AT LAST)

The following Latin Alphabet caters for all the existing Kirmanji as well as the Soranî characters. The treatment of purely Arabic sounds and characters are briefly included also.

At a glance, here they are:

Examples 1:

Ûmr                       Age (ﺮﻤﻮﻋ )

Alem                     The world ( ﻢﻠ آﻋ )

Ûmer                     Omar (ﺮ ﻪﻤﻮﻋ )

Qanûn                   Law  ( ﻦﻭﻭﻧ ﺍﻘ  )

Ĥeram                   Taboo ( ﻡ ﺍﺮ ﻪﺤ  )

Xaļ                        Uncle ( لً ﺍﺨ  )

Elem                      Flag ( ﻢ ﻪﻠ ﻪﻋ )

Millet                     People (  ﺖ ﻪﻠﻠﻤ )

Guļ                        Flower ( ًل ﻮﮔ  )

Gulle                     Bullet (ﻪﻠﻠﻮﮔ )

Gul                        Leper ( لﻮﮔ  )

Ĝem                      Worry (ﻢ ﻪﻏ )

Deng-û-bas            News (س ﺍﺑ ﻮ  ﮒﻧ ﻩ د  )

  Examples 2:

Gwê                      Ear

Kwê                      Where

Kwêr                     Blind

Xwê                      Salt

Xwar                     Bent

Xoş                       Nice (delicious)

Xak                       Earth (soil)

Xakî                      Kaki

Beyax                    Flag (banner)

Çaw                      Eye

Piyaw          (Pyaw)        Man

Qur’an                   Koran

Qaļib                     Mold

Qondere                Shoe

Feqîr                     Begger (poor)

Examples 3: 

Ser-û-pê                A Kurdish dish of sheep’s tripe

Pê                         Foot

Bêgane                  Foreigner (stranger)

Be-naz                   Coy

Şewaw                   Mangled up (untidy)

Perde                     Curtain

Şimşaļ                   Flute

Çeqeļ                     Jackal

Hejde                     Eighteen

Mijde                     Reward

Parçe                     Part

Pence                    Finger

Qoļ                        Arm