House Vocabulary in Kurmanji: Rooms, Furniture and Home Words in Kurdish
Want to talk about your home in kurmanji (Kurdish)? This page brings together the essential vocabulary: rooms, structural elements, furniture, kitchen appliances, and bathroom objects.
Every word comes from recordings by our native-speaking teachers. You will also find complete sentences to describe a home and ask where a room is, including a short dialogue ready to use.
Rooms of the house
Here are the words for the main spaces in a home:
Click the button after a phrase to hear it spoken by a teacher.
- xanî: house
- metbex: kitchen
- hemam: bathroom
- tiwalet: toilet
- garaj: garage
- balkon: balcony
- xenzik: cellar
Structural elements
These words refer to the fixed parts of a building:
- derî: door
- banî: roof
- binî: floor
- dîwar: wall
- berban: ceiling
- derince: staircase
Furniture and bedding
These words cover the bedroom and living areas:
- mêz: table
- kursî: chair
- nivîn: bed
- serîn: pillow
- betanî: blanket
- melhefe: sheet / bedspread
- perde: curtain
Kitchen and appliances
- sobe: cooker
- aman: saucepan
- sarinc: refrigerator
- sarker: freezer
- destşo: sink
- cilşok: washing machine
- firaqşok: dishwasher
Bathroom and everyday objects
- dûş: shower
- xawlî: towel
- perdeya hemamê: shower curtain
- satil: bucket
- gezik: broom
- kilîl: light switch
- socketa fîşek: electrical outlet
- lampe / çira: lamp, our recordings give both forms for this word
- televizyon: television
- qutîya postê: letterbox
- firaxê zibilê: bin / trash can
Sentences about the home
These complete sentences, recorded by our teachers, let you go beyond isolated words:
- Ev xaniyê min e. Kerem bike!: This is my house. Please, come in!
- Mêz û kursî pir xweş in.: The table and the chairs are very lovely.
- Li wir qenepe û televizyon hene.: Over there there is the sofa and the television.
Mini-dialogue: asking where the rooms are
This dialogue is composed of sentences recorded by our teachers and asks where the kitchen and the bathroom are:
- Metbex li ku ye ?: Where is the kitchen?
- Li wir, bi sarinc û sobê.: Over there, with the refrigerator and the cooker.
- Û hemam ?: And the bathroom?
- Hemam jî nêzîk e, bi dûş û xawlî.: The bathroom is also nearby, with shower and towel.
Notice that hemam (bathroom) appears both in the short question Û hemam ? and in the full answer Hemam jî nêzîk e, bi dûş û xawlî.
FAQ
How do you say “house” in Kurmanji?
The recorded word is xanî. You can hear it in the sentence Ev xaniyê min e. Kerem bike!, which means “This is my house. Please, come in!”
How do you ask where the kitchen is in Kurmanji?
The recorded sentence is Metbex li ku ye ?, meaning “Where is the kitchen?” The recorded answer is Li wir, bi sarinc û sobê.: “Over there, with the refrigerator and the cooker.”
Are there two words for “lamp” in Kurmanji?
Yes, our recordings include two forms: lampe and çira. Both refer to a lamp.
How do you say “bathroom” in Kurmanji?
The recorded word is hemam. You can place it in context with the sentence Hemam jî nêzîk e, bi dûş û xawlî. (The bathroom is also nearby, with shower and towel.)
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