Similarities Between Turkish and Kurdish

Despite belonging to different language families, Turkish and Kurdish, have a lot of similar words, in addition to the many loanwords that they have in common. We showcase some of the commonalities between the Kurdish and Turkish languages, as Şimal, a Turkish speaker and Keyhan, a Sorani Kurdish speaker will showcase some of the commonalities between the two languages in a friendly manner. The reason we opted to do Sorani Kurdish for this video is due to the fact that Kurmanji speakers are generally fluent in Turkish as well, as is the case the Kurmanji speakers we know.

Please be mindful of the fact that Keyhan has Asperger syndrome and show him the respect he deserves for having the courage to reach out to us to take part in this video.

For all those who are familiar with the script. In the Sorani Kurdish writing system, vowels are almost always written as separate letters, instead of the original format of the writing system in which certain vowels are shown by diacritics or often excluded. You will notice this throughout the video in the subtitles, it is not a mistake.
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Sorani (سۆرانی, Soranî) also known as Central Kurdish (کوردیی ناوەندی, Kurdîy nawendî) is a Kurdish dialect spoken in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, and West Azerbaijan Province of western Iran. It is one of the two official languages of Iraq, along with Arabic.

Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages and has official status in Tukey and Cyprus. In addition, Turkish is recognized as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania. Although the majority of Turkish speakers reside in Turkey, large number of Turkish speakers reside in Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, as well as parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In the 1920s, after the Turkish Republic was established, Atatürk replaced the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with a Latin alphabet.

[BahadorAlast]

Please be mindful of the fact that Keyhan has Asperger syndrome.

[MoonLight-igqe]

This channel deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

[apasserby]

This man has a talent
Uniting divided people the world needs to know more about you

[stratvar]

Wow i didnt know that ciger actually means "liver" in Turkish. I am Greek and my grandparents (who came from the Black Sea region of Turkey and were billingual in Greek and Turkish) were sometimes calling me "cigerim" or "yavrum" when i was a small kid. I knew what "yavrum" meant but i thought "cigerim" was something similar. I have to agree that it is kind of a strange thing to say to someone :-)

[epg]

Please make video about Turkish vs Mongolian vs Korean vs Japanese. I heard there are some simmiliarities between 'em. Also i heard some Turkish in Japan can learn Japanese easily since they have same grammar

[aliarslanvural]

Ciğerim meaning is my liver but as a metaphor if you call someone ciğerim means that ‘You are the reason of my breathing’ That’s so lovely :))

[easy]

Governments go through their problems but Turk and Kurd and Persian are people with a deeply interwoven history. Brothers forever.

[AydinEkîn]

Thank you.Happy to see this video as I've been waiting for a video like that for a long time.Hope to see a video with the other dialect of Kurdish (Kurmanji) :)

[ilkelik]

Dear Keyhan, I'm so grateful to see you on this video, you really seem a nice, friendly guy. I wish for you the best! lots of love

[saniaaziz]

As a native Urdu speaker, I could understand almost all words! Listing the cognates for the words I could recognise and meanings of them in Urdu:


1) Har kisee (everyone/anyone)
2) Dushman (enemy)
3) Anaar (pomegranate)
4) Khush ( In Urdu, it means happy)
5) Khoon (Blood)

6) Jahaan (the 'n' is a nasal sound, not fully pronounced. It mean the world)
7) Aarzoo (Wish/Desire)
8) Dars (Lesson/Lecture)
9) Khalq (Creation, as in God's creation)
10) Jaan (literally meaning life/soul, but used as a term of endearment) Jaanam also means the same.
11) Jigar (Liver, but also used as a term of endearment)
From the last sentence, I understood the word for nation - which in Urdu is "Millat"


So interesting! Great job, guys! :D

[alpaysedatdurukan]

I love the video! I know that some comments are going to be very disturbing but please don't let it get to you:)

[basiliusthegreat]

"Ciğerim" means " my liver. "


It actually has a nice meaning. It could mean " I can't breathe if you're not " . Or " i can breathe cause your presence."
And also older people believe that "To be very upset makes tuberculosis." And your lungs (in turkish also called ciğer) damaged.
If you call someone " ciğerim " that means, "you are like my healthy lungs. Glad to have you" or " I'd be sorry if I wasn't with you. I'd be tuberculosis. "

Yeah. It's a complex thing.

[oeyt]

Thank you so much for your videos! ♥ You are bringing us all closer again instead of seperating us which others are trying so hard. Really powerful content. ♥ Keyhan did a great job by the way :-) We are all brothers and sisters guys.. never forget that. ♥

[RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

The comments section of this video is cancerous but the video and the harmony between all are amazingly great. ❤❤❤
Tashakkur, teşekkürler & spas for you three ❤❤❤

[hawtasalah]

OMG I just found out about your channel and I'm surely gonna watch all of your videos this was the best on till now because I'm Kurdish (Sorani) native speaker and I can also speak Turkish, English and Arabic fluently and I can speak Russian and French a little bit :)) Love you and wish you success dear :)

[kurdx]

Thanks Mr. Bahador for another video in Kurdish.
I want to write two notes. 1) The standard word for 'Lesson' in Sorani Kurdish is 'waana', 'dars' often used in speaking language. 2) For the word 'Jada = road' we mostly use 're' or 'rega'.

[saadsalim]

To the Kurdish bro, you have nailed it. May ALLAH bless you. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[huriyeaslan]

heyyy my mom is turkish and my dad is kurdish so i liked this video👍🏻 and in turkey kurdish people speak the kurmanji dialect but sorani is my favorite dialect❤️❤️

[kingmike]

Bahador Jan bless you ☺️ you're always bringing people together and making peace 🙏 I love your videos.

[MCMLXXXVICCXII]

09:00 that's because in ancient times people were considered ciger/liver is the organ that keeps us alive. Heart was responsible of the emotions and the head was the source of the ideas.
According to that concept, when you call someone as "cigerim" means that s/he is the one that keeps you alive.
It was great! Thanks for the share gals/guys.