Indo-European Linguistic Comparison
See also: Template:Iranian languages word tableBecause 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 ić) | ich | jag | ego | aš | 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" | fä "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", zî "to live", zaideh "child" | jīvati | zoi "life", zō "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" | nō, gn | žin"I know" žin "to know" | znat' "to know" | *ĝneh₃- |
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