Wiktionary:About Northern Kurdish
This is a Wiktionary policy, guideline or common practices page. This is a draft proposal. It is unofficial, and it is unknown whether it is widely accepted by Wiktionary editors. | |
Policies – Entries: CFI - EL - NORM - NPOV - QUOTE - REDIR - DELETE. Languages: LT - AXX. Others: BLOCK - BOTS - VOTES. |
Script
editNorthern Kurdish is normally written in the Latin script. Arabic script equivalents may be supplied in headword templates use |ar=
.
Entry Layout Explained
editThis section is an extrapolation of WT:ELE to fit the Northern Kurdish language.
English-Northern Kurdish Translations
editAlthough many efforts have been made to standardize Kurdish, the use of local varieties is still dominant to any proposed standard form. For that matter, the Kurdish translation should indicate the variety. Example:
*Kurdish: *: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ڕۆژ}} *: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|roj}}
This will appear as:
Make sure you adhere to the use of the {{t}}
template when entering English-Northern Kurdish translations.
Etymology
editCompounds and affixes
editThe format for compound words and affixes conforms to WT:ETY, but Northern Kurdish has some morphological features that need attention.
Suffixes
editTo get suffixed words in the appropriate categories, such as [[Category:Northern Kurdish words suffixed with -tî]]
contributors can use the template {{suffix|kmr}}
.
{{suffix|kmr|heval|tî}}
Affixes
editTo get affixed words in the appropriate categories, such as [[Category:Northern Kurdish words prefixed with bê-]]
contributors can use the template {{prefix|kmr}}
.
{{prefix|kmr|bê|diran}}
Compounds
editTo get compound words into [[Category:Northern Kurdish compound words]]
contributors can use the template {{compound|kmr}}
.
{{compound|kmr|ziman|malbat|t1=language|t2=family}}
Which gives:
ziman (“language”) + malbat (“family”)
Verbs
editFor {{kmr-verb}}
.
code | result |
---|---|
{{kmr-verb}} | dîtin (third-person singular simple present dibîne, simple past dît |
Adjectives
editThis template shows the adjective in bold (optionally linking its components) and its comparative and superlative inflections, if any.
code | result |
---|---|
{{kmr-adj}} | ciwan (comparative ciwantir, superlative ciwantirîn) |
{{kmr-adj|-}} | annual (not comparable) |
{{kmr-adj|?}} | disliked |