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.
If you live in Toronto or the surrounding areas, speak a language that has not been featured on our channel and would like to participate in a future video, and/or if you have any suggestions or feedback, please contact us on Instagram:
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Bahador (@BahadorAlast): / bahadoralast
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. Contact me on Instagram if you're interested in being part of a future video: instagram.com/BahadorAlast

[@AmirYazdanian]

Bahador Alast Hello brother, I've been waiting for your next video and it's finally here. Thank you ❤

[@areesaha]

What happened with the Turkish / Armenian video?

[@ivoyulolavrador9166]

Hope you go back to weekly uploads if you can :) Is there gonna be Portuguese or Filipino videos soon? Love the channel as always ❤️❤

[@SenerS10]

Reupload Armenian video with COMMENTs disabled.

[@johnsarkissian5519]

بهادر جان، لطفاً ويديوى ارمنى-تركى رو دوباره بذار ولى كومنتهاشو پاك كن و اصلاً قسمت كومنتشو ببند كه نتونن چرنديات بنويسن. تازه من ميخواستم پيشنهاد كنم كه يك ويديوى جديد بين تركى و ارمنى شرقى درست كنى. اون ويديويى رو كه درست كرده بودى بين تركى و ارمنى غربى بود كه زبان ارامنه استانبول هستش. ولى ارمنى شرقى هم زبان رسمى ارمنستانه و هم زبان ارامنه ى ايران.

[@MoonLight-ig5qe]

This channel deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you so much :)

[@Bombogor]

Nobel Peace prize , ? the one given to Kissinger for bombing Vietnam?

[@KeyhanTheFreeman]

Kek

[@jasminjaz6920]

Yaaaaaaaaaaasss😍😍

[@northeria6547]

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[@apasserby6827]

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

[@ozlem6650]

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. ♥

[@ibrahimshorshy502]

I'm kurdish and I love all my Turkish sisters and brothers🌺

[@rahyanldn9056]

Right 👏❤️

[@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 :-)

[@agabi1632]

Hahaha i just noticed you are damn right

[@johnsarkissian5519]

Ausländer, Well, it's not any stranger than "Apple of my eyes" which in English, beside its anatomical meaning, is also a euphemism for darling or dear exactly like what "liver" stands for in Kurdish, Turkish and Persian. If you really think about it both expressions refer to body parts which are very important and quite precious for the body. The expression doesn't say that "you are a piece of liver", it says "you are my liver", that is "you are as precious and as indispensable to my body as my own liver". Kinda gross, I know! But not any grosser than "apple of one's eye"! :-)

[@HashtagAneeza]

Like Kurdish, in Urdu as well, we pronounce it with "J" , as in, Jiger/jigar. And even our parents/grandparents would tell us as you are my "Jigar ka tukrra ((Piece) - Piece of liver)). Which is like you are super special or dear to me. Like you don't have to go for literal meaning but the feel of it :P xd

[@ibrahimerol5639]

Why when you said "You're my heart" it is romantic, but "You're my liver" isn't. :) Ok, it's strange but ciger is important for us too. And I love to eat ciger :D

[@sinaaafshar4154]

Interesting that pontic greeks also used it cultures and even people are mixed a lot but unfortunatly in the past they didnt want to admit it

[@aydnekin3099]

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) :)

[@selmaurfan]

Aydın Ekin Agree 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊

[@Specialworldofmine]

Quality effort went in to this work ,superb💜

[@user-dw3qg7bq9v]

The kurd man so sweet l love him ♥️♥️

[@GoPrayDontDelay]

He’s Persian but he’s learnt kurdish

[@sili9104]

@@GoPrayDontDelay no He is iranian Iranian kurd

[@sozgamuhammad4773]

Kurdish are not Iranian

[@epg96]

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

[@yalinayak98]

I want to see that

[@TheNera2010]

Turkish and Mongolian are close languages but not so close. For example: numbers are fully different. And Korean and Japanese may have some similarities, like grammar system similarities with Turkish but they are not close languages.

[@epg96]

@@TheNera2010 so what's this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooKxcqimaKinbNk

[@omuschannel5259]

they could be related 40000-50000 years ago :D @@TheNera2010

[@TheNera2010]

@@epg96 That video is not scientific. And has lots of wrong examples. For example "cha or çay" is a chinese word used by lots of nations. It can't be a proof. As I said before, there are similarities but they are not close. I guess 4000 years or more time ago Turkic people and the ancestors of the some Japans were close to each other but they got seperated. So now there are too much differences. I suggest you more reliable scientific sources.This video is better : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4bQo4uCiNZgi6c

[@PlayfreakProductions]

Thank you for this video, Bahador Alast! Your videos brings harmony between people. Keep up the good work :D

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for your nice words!

[@Da-qk1nz]

Love the video ❤ keep up the good work!! Also all three of you are so lovely 🥰

[@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

[@KeyhanTheFreeman]

@Ilke S Zor spas. Motshakeram.

[@nagihangot6133]

@@KeyhanTheFreeman that lady is totally beautiful. Message her again.

[@kingmike7965]

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

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words 💖

[@selmaurfan]

Ohh my God that is what I am waiting for ..... it is super really it is.... İşte bu beklediğim süper olmuş ya 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@shahrzadddd]

Enjoy! 😊

[@doncorleone3082]

❤❤

[@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 :))

[@eiy5]

Keyhan, thank you for showing us that we have common words with Sorani Kurdish. I will be happy to see you in other videos. Love from Turkey.

[@beastgirl9187]

Ty

[@alpaysedatdurukan2361]

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

[@doncorleone3082]

Well said!

[@caglaguney3793]

I gave a like before i even watch the video. YAYY the most expected and relatable video for me. Thank you 😊

[@caglaguney3793]

By the way, i am waiting for zazaki, kurdish, persian and turkish similarities because these languages have a lot of words in common. However, i know it is hard to find a person knowing Zazaki language around Toronto. When i watch the videos including Persian and Kurdish, i can predict the words easily not because of knowing Turkish, because of knowing Zazaki language. Zazaki is very similar with these languages.

[@shahrzadddd]

@@caglaguney3793 Yes it's kind of hard to find someone who speaks it, but we'll try our best to organize that 😊 Please send your suggestions through Instagram, as it's usually not easy for us to answer to all comments on KZbin. Thank you instagram.com/shahrzad.pe/

[@hawtasalah1265]

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 :)

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@hawtasalah1265]

@@BahadorAlast you're welcome :))

[@fieldmouse8910]

😮😮 you're very intelligent

[@hawtasalah1265]

@@fieldmouse8910 ow thank you, I had forgotten this comment😄❤️

[@farrukhikramov1576]

The ward Çiğar/Gigar is used to identify the biological relation to the person you are refering to or basically a relative, brother sister, etc. It is not used to anyone who you don't share the blood line with. An english equivalent to this could be Blood, for example; You are my blood. In turkic languages it is used in same context but we say you are my liver. In Uzbek we say "Sen meni Gigarim" .

[@berfin1303]

I was waiting for this one yey 😊 awesome video 😊

[@shahrzadddd]

Hope you enjoy ❤️

[@user-lb4ik4ss2v]

Dushman is also an Urdu/Hindi word for enemy Even for blood, it’s Khoon, desire is also arzoo in Urdu. It also has Afreen Also gyaan is an exact Sanskrit/Hindi word but means knowledge

[@r0m30383]

Urdu means 'army' in turkish. and we say it like 'ordu'

[@zubairansari9773]

Im from pakistan n easily understand all the word, we use in our daily life, anar ,dushman ,afreen ,jan ,jan-e-man ,jigar, arzo ,khoon ,dars (lecture ), khalq meanz people etc ,,its gud sign 4 peace n humanity

[@burakayan3360]

kan is turkish bro

[@LoveAndPeace2004]

@@burakayan3360 In Iranian and Indo-Aryan langauges it's Khoon. He was obviously saying that Kurdish is more similiar to Urdu than Turkish

[@mirzabaig17]

these are results of Islamic conquest of India.

[@kurdishgirl2756]

That was interesting. I didn't know there's that much similarities. That's cool

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching!

[@nagihangot6133]

1/3rd of Türkish is literally just Kurmanji, havol. Atatürk made up the language by mixing it. The other 2 thirds are 'Istanbul Türkish' and - - - - - - - - - -

[@bilalbalkc7545]

Çünkü hepsi Kürtçe kelimelerde ondan

[@hyacinthe7]

Another entertaining video. And well done to the new participant Keyhan, very spirited and well-versed in his heritage language. He'd be good at speaking Italian.

[@nametopia700]

Greek and Turkish

[@gokhanemre58]

🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@nametopia700]

@Rap Beats İnstrumental TURKEY abi anlamıyorum neden kendinizi rezil etmeye bayılıyosunuz?saygını takınmayı öğren bir an önce.yaş 10 herhalde

[@nametopia700]

@K1 Fighter Death Sentence Governments don't love each other. The brotherhood of the nations. ♥️

[@kingofanatolia3208]

Ellada & Türkiye FOREVER 💙 Loves from Turkey to Greek Brothers.

[@peniseusgiganticus9558]

Rap Beats İnstrumental TURKEY why do you hate everyone and every country? Lol make some friends my dude let me guess you also hate Iran, KSA, Syria, Kurdistan, Armenia, Albania, Serbia and basically all the countries near Turkey right?

[@706easy]

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

[@amatresservan8206]

I agree if they would stop their government occupation instead of justification of racist policies

[@element4element4]

Any turk that stands up to their state and works for stopping their century long ethnocidal policies towards minorities, Kurds & others, are definitely my brothers/sisters. Sadly I hear the "kurds & turks are brothers" rhetorics too often by people that at the state time support their state and are completely against any real linguistic or political rights for Kurds. I hope one day the first kind will outnumber the second, but it's sadly not the situation today.

[@gutianwarrior7993]

Jonathan Kimberley Loooooool Kurdish betray? Türkler ile kürtler ingiliz’lere karşı birlikte savaştı. Birlikte koyun koyuna yaşamını yitirdi. Bugün ise okullarda Kürtçe yasak, İngilizce zorunlu.

[@user-ss5cf3eh9w]

@Lebanese Tiger How you Lebanese are diffirent than syrians arabs? I m kurdish we suffered so i hate beeing racist but syrians are not good people including syrian kurds they make a lot baby in my country Turkey. How is that possible youre different from syrians seculer moderated etc? Is that bcs of majority your population is assyrian christians. According to my observation alewi syrians are Thé most educated later assyrians syrians later syrian kurds . Is that true. My self is alewi too . But dont care about religion ör sectarians. I watched a video its explaining bcs of extremism in Syria origin comes from saudi tv channels which broadcast on syrian tv after usa iraq invasion and Washed syrian brains . Is that true? I dont love three kind öf people 1 racist 2 islomofasists( muhammed omer ali etc and now royalty family) and judismofasist (mean sionist bitches ) 3 some kurds return to sex slave for zionist and betrayed their country syria and great leader esad. My personal opinion Turkey iraq syria İran leabonan must make peace stability and all people must Live in peace . Wè dont needs wahabbis if we can build a wall from Basra to domascus Wè ll kick out their wahabi mercanaries.

[@bar1825]

@@user-ss5cf3eh9w you are not Kurd. You are a sectarian asshole. Assad is a fascist Arab. Make your choose. Which is more important? Your sect or your nation?

[@asalesmaeeli4185]

I really enjoyed this video they both did a great job!

[@talibhussain5357]

Wish I could subscribe your channel a dozen times!!! Love different languages!

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you:)

[@abcmdeffghil]

Except the words for girl and job, all other words are commonly spoken in Urdu (Pakistan), of course with a different dialect or adding/subtracting a syllable. 💖

[@banan8i]

We have a lot in common with Urdu

[@abcmdeffghil]

@@banan8i yep! 💖👍

[@shahrzadddd]

Same with Persian, so I'm not surprised ❤️

[@mgr1282]

Persian was Official, ... language in Pakistan and India in the past. Because of this there are many persian words in Urdu and Hindi.

[@mgr1282]

@@shahrzadddd زبان فارسی به وسیله ترکها و مغول به ترکیه و هند و پاکستان رفت و به عنوان زبان رسمی و ادبی و ... استفاده شد. به خاطر همین خیلی از واژه های فارسی توی زبان ترکی و هندی و پاکستانی هست. کردی هم که یکی از شاخه زبانهای ایرانیه.

[@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 ❤❤❤

[@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

@@amezabadi4633 WTF??? What exactly do you mean with "YOUR" people? How do I look like for you? I'm here for enjoying an interesting video not interested in politics and political discussions on the Internet. 😉

[@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

@@amezabadi4633 Keep calm, em kurdin ;)

[@MariiiaPuder]

Ro Se hahaha your last comment made my day :) dont feed the troll. Ser seran ser çavan ^^

[@shahrzadddd]

❤❤❤❤

[@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

@@MariiiaPuder So many rage for a KZbin video. Ne baş i ji bo dila 😉 Ser seran, ser çavan 💖 Have a wonderful nice day ❤❤❤

[@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.

[@innaeieo6543]

Keyhan is amazing I am so proud of him as a kurd ! Btw thank u for your beautiful videos ❤️

[@innaeieo6543]

@@uvaxstra7275 well I don’t know if he is or not I didn’t mentioned him being kurd I said that as a kurd I am proud of him

[@basiliusthegreat2108]

"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.

[@ereshkigalningalnanna8899]

Very beautiful meaning to us too in the Assyrian community

[@Nothingmatters151]

:)

[@huriyeaslan2878]

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❤️❤️

[@huriyeaslan2878]

Amez Abadi noooo

[@huriyeaslan2878]

Median Empire sure👍🏻

[@huriyeaslan2878]

K1 Fighter Death Sentence i speak kurmanji but sorani sounds so nice and what’s the problem with it?is it weird to like sorani??

[@shahrzadddd]

Very nice! I'm glad you liked it ❤️

[@mgr1282]

Charayi gachek jaan?

[@handsome-devilofficial8879]

the way this guy pronounce is so interesting tbh,respect bro :D

[@skrivbordslampan6923]

Please do any germanic language. I want to play too😫

[@medicporcupine4077]

I guess "ciğerim" coming from lung not liver. I think there is a "you are my lung i cant breath without you" meaning in it. But just guessing

[@mgr1282]

It means liver, it's from persian origin. it's weird but we say it. Because liver is delicious, we say i eat your liver when we love someone

[@medicporcupine4077]

@@mgr1282 In turkish liver is karaciğer kara means black, lung is akciğer ak means white. We usually say ciğer for both. And also we use "i eat your ciğer" too but in the same idiom ciğer can change with mouth, belly, tounge etc. I even saw people saying i eat your testicle 😂

[@mgr1282]

@@medicporcupine4077 i know a bit turkish, i'm a turk of Khorasan of Iran. We prounance kara , ak a bit different. But jegar/jigar (ciger) is persian.

[@medicporcupine4077]

@@cemonder6665 I suggest you to research meaning of the word or idioms with this word in TDK. It can be used for both.

[@chelsea7236]

yes, exactly it is;)

[@nayananair6727]

Im indian and i cant help but notice that alot of the few words sound alot like Hindi too, it doesnt sound as evident in the pronounciation but when i read out the captions it sounds really similar! for example, har kisi and dushhman

[@aarishwani6602]

Indo-Arian language. Very similar, almost same

[@enjoymfs9715]

Great job Bahador, u are good at your work. Love from Turkey

[@adamceleb5537]

fuck turkey from china

[@danielsarakian579]

@@adamceleb5537 fuck you too you rascist

[@nikaa1084]

More videos with Şimel please, I love turkish language😍 your channel is amazing 😍

[@eslamahmedel-hadary4174]

all love from Egypt ❤️

[@banan8i]

Aferin 😍 for this episode we have a lot commons with Turkish and Persian

[@zamiarabdulla4954]

Aferin is kurdish Aferin = well done

[@welp5657]

@@zamiarabdulla4954 Pretty sure we got it from persian. Kurdish uses lots of persian words so it became a common word between all three languages but originated from persian

[@innaeieo6543]

@@welp5657 how do you know it’s originals Persian ? Just curious?

[@welp5657]

@@innaeieo6543 Well just by searching it says middle persian etc, however studies show that many countries surrounding Iran uses the word (even in hindu)

[@welp5657]

@Baran berxw Nothing compared to persian. According to studies arabic in persian can reach up to 40% of the vocabulary while in general turkish only has around 4-6% arabic loanwords

[@medianempire8685]

thank you bahador for making kurdish videos🌷 because another youtubers didn't even hear about kurds

[@hiwaubaid1942]

My great brother Kayhan you did great and I did watched your videos on your channels well done oh wait I am so proud of you bra gyan !!!!

[@daurj9725]

Do you have a video kazakh and turkish languages

[@BahadorAlast]

Not yet, but hopefully as soon as a fluent Kazakh speaker in Toronto who is interested in participating reaches out to me.

[@luhkalashnikov3512]

DAUR J kazzah sounds like a Diesel engine

[@junaid1040]

Kazakh people are following Islam so paradise is guaranteed for them inshallah

[@Itihg678]

Good to see your video brother :)

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching 💗 instagram.com/shahrzad.pe/

[@Itihg678]

Hey Shahrzad! I'm a big fan of yours too :) Surprised to see your reply. Love from India. God bless you and your family!

[@shahrzadddd]

@@Itihg678 Thanks so much for your kind words 😊

[@94Cadaver]

We Use "Janum" and "Jigarum" in my country Bahrain too (not all people, just us who have Irani ancestors). Most other words in the video are used in Arabic too.

[@marius_jacob]

Some of you should know "Aferin" (well done @ 4:07 ) as a painkiller containing codeine, which is a good companion for long winter nights :)

[@remiss3804]

Great video Bahador. I speak Sorani and your kurdish guest had a very different pronounciation from mine , even though i understand him fully. I would’ve love to see a kurdish guest from Kurdistan of Iraq once. I would’ve love to see a comparison between Sorani from northern iraq and spanish! I speak both languages and we have tons of similar words even though they’re not related. I could send you a list if you’d like. Keep up the good work ✌🏽✌🏽

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you so much. Would have been awesome if you lived in Toronto and could participate in one of our videos. Appreciate your feedback and that would be great (regarding a list of similar words).

[@remiss3804]

Bahador Alast I would’ve loved to participate, but i live in Scandinavia. I will gather a brief list and post it in the comment when i have the opportunity . If you will ever have the chance you can use it, if not then your followers can enjoy reading it. Kind regards

[@alifratyuksel1343]

I don't know which part I am in because I am both Turkish and Kurdish :) Btw the Keyhan speaks very funny :) More videos with Keyhan! :)

[@kkizzha]

i'm kurdish and i love my language so much💜 بژی کوردستان💜✌

[@mehmetderik8749]

Seet Xwesh bra

[@innsbruckjunge5064]

I am Turkish and I love your language so much also. :)

[@mehmettakbas9193]

@@innsbruckjunge5064 yes yes we all know that you are also a turk your profile picture means many things you do just like that Stop faking

[@innsbruckjunge5064]

@@mehmettakbas9193 Kanka hayırdır profil fotom ne ifade ediyormuş?!? Türküm tabi. Hristiyan olmam Türklüğüme engel değil, ben milletimi ve vatanımı çok seviyorum! Senden de önce önyargılarını kırmanı ve profilindeki Ulu Önder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün hakkını vermeni yani iyi bir insan bir Türk genci olmanı diliyorum. Önce Kürt kimliğini sonra Hristiyanlığı yani iki farklı olguyu birden ayrıştımayı tek bir yorumda becermen seni bütünleştirici değil gerçek bölücü yapar. Anlaşıldı mı?

[@haremh.rashid5043]

Turco-Hellenic OMG 😮 sky needs pole 😂

[@saadsalim9500]

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

[@sfrhatamatematik6750]

Thanks for your wish . Allah said all muslim is brother . Good bless all muslim

[@aburafidhaas-safawi839]

Yeah he is a muslim

[@itzz-monster6272]

@@sfrhatamatematik6750 not turkish people

[@itzz-monster6272]

@@bahtiyarkarabag6870 no we are never living they attacked for we and got we are lands and greeks and armens

[@itzz-monster6272]

@@bahtiyarkarabag6870 no u are wrong i know they liveing toghter but they dont let we speaking kurdish and if a we say im kurd they kill we salahadin damirtash said im kurd they killed him everyone know turkey land is land of kurds and armens and greeks

[@lingux_yt]

Bahador, maybe you could do another series of videos with false cognates, instead of true cognates. maybe it would be harder to research it (and to the guessing game itself), but it would be cool. just an idea 😁 great videos. greetings from Brazil

[@BahadorAlast]

That would be interesting. I'll see if I can organize it for a future video.

[@lingux_yt]

@@BahadorAlast great! 😃

[@arwinnahri755]

It was a good video, but as someone who is fluent in both languages, I realized that many of the words they used were not original. For words like wish or enemy or something else we have a whole host of other equivalent words in each language. But this video was a good step to bring the two nations closer ♥♥♥♥

[@universe1498]

You are right, for example disman (enemy) is not kurdish while it was classed as a Kurdish but then Turkish word. Enemy is "Dijmin" in Kurdish, not disman

[@ambringhazala2079]

The best channel ever

[@innsbruckjunge5064]

Turkish-Kurdish Brotherhood.

[@yurichtube1162]

@Real Mehmed The Conqueror steal what land? After the turkish war of independence we secured northern iraq and syria, as well as south eastern turkey. That was gonna be Kurdistan. Instead you betrayed us and called us mountain turks. Now we are stateless, thanks to you.

[@persianlorestani_shapoori9810]

@@yurichtube1162 turk is enemy of kurd All anatolian blong to kurd and Istanbul blong to greec

[@persianlorestani_shapoori9810]

Never

[@iranshahrpower238]

Joke

[@nagihangot6133]

@@yurichtube1162 not only them the british started it all. Atatürk was their agent to destroy the Osmanlı dynasty and empire.

[@azer-kurdi5045]

You look so interested in middle eastern language It's such a nice video tho. Love your channel 🥰

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching ❤️

[@peniseusgiganticus9558]

Ji Han well if you want to look at it that way then Persian and Kurdish aren’t middle eastern languages either they’re both Indo European

[@azer-kurdi5045]

Ji Han yes actually you right but When you take the Kurdish part of Turkey It remains just a few turkey which you can assume it Altaic, homie

[@azer-kurdi5045]

Shahrzad Pe wait aren't you shahrazad the Persian girl who appears in the channel

[@chilledbird6779]

i could have guessed like 98% of words as a native Persian speaker edit : 2% was because , i didn't watch it all. I wish the best for our Kurds and turks brother and sisters.

[@4i912]

It was so nice wow we all are sister and brother Biji Turk❤ Biji Kurd❤ 🇭🇺❤🇹🇷

[@kurdglobal]

It is not about similarity. It is about borrowing a lot of words from the Kurdish and Farsi languages.

[@user-kt6jo7jq4y]

@@kurdglobal تو چی میگی اینجا آخه نژاد پرست. کل زندگیتون نژادپرستی هست . بند نافتان را با نژادپرستی بریده اند. ترکها از زمان سلجوقیان پانصدسال در ایران زندگی کرده و به ترکیه برای شکست دادن رومیان رفتند. هفتاد درصد زبانت عربیه . برو مقایسه زبان فارسی و عربی را ببین.

[@user-kt6jo7jq4y]

@@e2102 faşistçe laflar söylemiş serseri herif.

[@yavuzkaratekin580]

@@uvaxstra7275 Türkçe göçebe halk dili olduğu için çok kelime almış özellikle farsça ve arapçadan ve kürtçeden de almış. Örnek çengel

[@kurdee1]

Bijî Kurd û Kurdistan !💗 Turk kî ne?😳

[@Kig_Ama]

your videos r so great!

[@OK-ur2wy]

Interesting, know few words in Kurdish and I can very well recognise the similarity between Sorani Kurdish in Iran and Iraq. Şimal of course is one of your videos' stars, best regards to her. Bahador jan, what was on the wall behind you? Keen to. know :)

[@BahadorAlast]

Thanks my friend. Always appreciate your feedback. Those were brought by Keyhan, but instead of wearing them we decided to put them up on the wall.

[@OK-ur2wy]

Bahador Alast Thanks very much indeed, sincere regards to your family

[@saniaaziz5644]

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

[@emalroshandel]

Sania Aziz Because Its all loan words from Persian into urdu.

[@tirkooo]

@Suat Kuran no its iranic. Turkish language is a mix

[@koolar1528]

Urdu is mix of indian, arab and iran language

[@koolar1528]

@@tirkooo yeah true

[@koolar1528]

@Suat Kuran dear to call the mongolien language as turkish is wrong . Modern day turkey they speak modern turkish which is a Mix of different languages. Turkic people are also from mongolien race same as chinese etc. Turkish didnt rule any part in middleeast. It was pure mongolien race which conquered and raped and Stole alot from middleast and other centralasien nomadic tribes. Later all together they Form their new territories and New tribes.

[@hanifitasova519]

Hi Bahador, what about doing a episode on Turkish and Bulgarian similarities? Whould be nice. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@yitiknovelist]

Keyhan, you are too cute and genuine! I will be following your channel. I think, we all need more awareness to people with asperger syndrome. loved your positive attitude and shining bright eyes! nice meeting you Keyhan.. As for Şimal, you are cool, seen your couple previous videos on this channel. AND BIG THANKS TO BAHADOR AND SHARZAD FOR BEING COMPASSIONATE AND KIND.. ( I have landed here to write a long article covering this video with some highlights on kurdish languages/dialects and turki/sh/c languages; having been familiar with both; as a kurdish-kurmanji speaker and a turkish speaking person, but i have decided to skip it this time and extend my love and gratitude instead. dear viewers, please just try to enjoy the video, expect a bit less perfection in everything and appreciate other things in life as well)

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you!! Much love ❤️❤️

[@sibelu.8684]

And i just realise turkish is the most polite language btw all that languages that you compared sounds so soft and calm i really cant understand how other nationalities love each other with that harsh words 😅

[@bigglitch5671]

come listen to Urfa turkish, you'll change your mind 😂🤣 herkes bizim kavga ettiğimizi zanedi. Siye kesin acaip gelir ilk işitdiğinde

[@corduene13]

i believe, u should make a Kurmanji(Kurdish) and Turkish.

[@persianlorestani_shapoori9810]

Kurdish and kurmanju name is parsig like sasani empire

[@unslaadkrosis9435]

But many kurmanji speakers know turkish already, you would need to hunt down a very old grandma who doesn't speak turkish

[@mayab.1633]

@@unslaadkrosis9435 maybe w Kurmanji speaker from Syria or Iraq

[@PIXELGamerzXvlogs]

@@unslaadkrosis9435 it’s easy to find a kurmanji speaker who doesn’t know Turkish because there are millions from Syria, Iran, armenia, Central Asia etc

[@PIXELGamerzXvlogs]

@@unslaadkrosis9435 there are millions of kurmanji speakers from Syria iraq and Iran lol

[@woxie4990]

Thanks for clarifying that the (variant of) Kurdish is Soranî, that is truly important; Bahador, please ensure the video titles reflect this too 🙏

[@kayhankafaler2374]

Lol, we have the same name. I'm Turkish however. It's uncommon here, even though it is used occasionally. I was curious about its etymology; I found out that it means "universe" in Kurdish/Farsi.

[@kayhankafaler2374]

The pseudo-etymologies that link 'Kayhan' with Oghuz Turkic tribe name "Kayı"; and those that link it with "Kaya" (*rock* in Turkish), are not true.

[@ellakr801]

That’s so cool!!

[@nurdanbulan3384]

Nice comparison between similar languages which have nearly same words

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching!

[@hamdiaciksoz8291]

Hey Dude Modetartor, Asking you a question and be honest. Would you be totally light-well and happy if one of Japanese guy who speaking Persian make a video for Persian language? My question, what percentage the Persian guy who speaks Sorani Kurdish can manage Sorani Kurdish is it %100, how?

[@BahadorAlast]

I would love it if a Japanese person spoke Persian and participated in a video. My wife's uncle lives in Japan, he is married with 2 kids who are all fluent in Japanese. If they lived here, I would have been so happy to have them represent Persian, even though they are half Persian, look Japanese and can barely speak Persian. Oh btw, Keyhan is Kurdish, he's not Persian, but he's Iranian. Iranians are very multi-ethnic.

[@guillaumeflash4893]

I couldn't find what is Kehan's youtube channel ?

[@hamuz93]

10:20 Welayat is also an arabic word ولاية (welayat-ولاية) and (millet-ملة) are completly diffrent

[@yourmajesty1361]

I was thinking the same too. Velâyat in Persian means sth like province but there is also Iyâlat which means state like in Iyâlâte Moteahed (United States) and of course there is Melliyat which means Nationality. Funfact: 'United States (of America)' in pure Persian means Sâtrâphâye Yekparce(ye Âmrikâ)

[@BahadorAlast]

You're right. Good point! Thank you:)

[@Fala7h]

Wilayah in indonesia means region ..

[@faROCK03]

@@yourmajesty1361 iyalat is the root of velayat. The form is just changed. Velayat directly comes from wali (Vali), which is guardian in Arabic

[@yourmajesty1361]

@@faROCK03 intresting

[@kurdishlion5323]

Great episode love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@fakhriymuhammad3480]

How about Kurdish vs German ? I am Indonesian student in the Turkey .. I am studying chemistry in M.Sc level ... I am speaking Indonesian, English, German and Turkish

[@totointernational3493]

Thank you so much Bahador Alast and thank you, too, Keyhan and Şimal... It's my favorite video on your channel, for this moment, Bahador... And where are you from... ?

[@BahadorAlast]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Well, the question of where I am from is always confusing because people are usually looking for different details. So here is all of it: I am from Toronto, I was born in Tehran, my dad is from Hamedan and my mom is from Qom.

[@totointernational3493]

Wow You're a Canadian who was born in Iran, with Iranian parents... Nice to meet you, Bahador... ^=^ Yes, you've right, about our ancestors: the History is not simple... Thank you so much for your answer... Interesting... I love your channel, even if I don't speak English very well: I'm from France... and I've got ancestors here and out of France...

[@BahadorAlast]

@@totointernational3493 Thank you. Your English is actually very good :)

[@totointernational3493]

Thank you, Bahador... ^=^

[@xwezanxwenas9237]

Gelekî gelekî spas.Silav ji bo te Bahadir can ev yazdeh meh bû ku li hêviya vê videoyê bûm.Ez gelekî kêfxweş bûm.Bijî خیلی خیلی سپاسگزارم.درود بر شما سیزده ماه بود که منتظر این ویدیو بودم. بسیار خوشحال شدم.

[@BahadorAlast]

سپاسگزارم از شما :)

[@suikastcgenc7716]

Slaw heval. Ez xelke Bakur. Pır biji heval. Eger em yek nebin, em dıçın yek bi yek. Biji Çar Perçe Kurdistan. Biji Bratiya gelan. Biji Azadi💚❤💛

[@xwezanxwenas9237]

@@suikastcgenc7716 Birayê delal.Spas ji bo te.Ez jî ji Bakûr im.Ez xelkê Mêrdîn im.Yekîtî

[@ardashub1851]

Süikastçı Genç hewal uyan kabristan yaklaşıyor

[@xwezanxwenas9237]

@oğulcan küçükçetin Siktir onun bunun çocuğu.Yesinler sizin asaletinizi.İki sözünden biri küfür olan bir millet ve dilin asaleti mi olurmuş.Sizler öyle pis bir maneviyata bürünmüşsunuz ki her kelimeyi bel altına nisbet eder olmuşsunuz.Onu geçtim küfürsüz konuşamiyorsunuz bile.Bumu aselstiniz.Yesinler sizin asaletinizi.Bizim dilimiz bize yeter.O kadar milletten insan tanıdım ki buna sizin hor gördüğünüz Afrikalılar da dahil ama sizin kadar ağzı bozuk barbarca konuşan küfür etmeden fikrini beyan edemeyen başka bir milletten insan tanımadım.Sizler öyle asilsiniz ki insanların diliyle alay edebiliyorsunuz.Ben dünya da böyle asalet görmedim.

[@junapudiraj]

Where did the painting on the wall go? I was actually searching for it in the background, nice video 👍👍👍

[@BahadorAlast]

It will be back for the next video :)

[@maayanhaza6178]

Beautiful!! Spread the love ❤️

[@hazel0963]

Ya bu kızın instagram hesabı var mı . Sanki bir videoda ben sarışınım demişti . Acaba yanlış mı hatırlıyorum .eğer doğruysa o halini görmeliyim

[@muzafferturker297]

Hİ MY NAME İS ANTALYA AND İM FROM ŞİMAL

[@MariiiaPuder]

Omg 😂

[@yorumcu29]

😁😁

[@ArifRahman-ih1xk]

Hahahaha. Such ridiculous

[@deepblue7652]

Gerçeğini unuttum hxyxtstfutzfuxt

[@envinyatar5712]

Which is ironic, by the way, since Antalya is located on the southern shores of Turkey and 'Şimal' means north in Ottoman Turkish.

[@cineplot]

lol. Thanks for this entertaining video. The Kurdish guy is so loud, I have to take off my headphones. :D :P

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you:) Oh I believe he was trying to really emphasize certain sounds in the words, if I am not mistaken.

[@cineplot]

@@BahadorAlast More than the similarities... I enjoyed the body language, eye contacts and emphasis on certain sounds. hehe. We want more videos like these :P

[@phenomidal5459]

where the name of Keyhan‘s channel ?

[@gokcancakmak4894]

In Turkish we call Kara Ciğer (Black Liver) to Liver and Ak Ciğer (White Liver) to Lungs. Ciğerim is reffered to lungs not liver. so the reason behind we called our loved ones ciğerim comes from Lungs. Cuz when u feel pain about your loved ones your chest hurts. Thats why our culture relates "pangs of love" to the lungs.

[@richcrown1176]

When that kurdish guy starts speaking Kurdish it seems like he is possessed by with the spirit of Kurdish language turning into weirdest Kurdish guy I ever seen

[@MrGlfreak]

Bacım gururumuzsun.

[@egemenalpserbest3024]

Seda Sayan gibi bacıyı okudum ajslgfuahjşfohısşpiafs

[@MrGlfreak]

@@egemenalpserbest3024 :D çok alakasız ama bende gün boyunca seda sayanın ağzından ah geceler şarkısını tekrar edip duruyorum. Beynim zehirlendi artık.

[@aseeyjan9605]

Actually if you know Urdu, you can understand these languages easily... I can understand 8languages.. English, Urdu, kashmiri, Hindi, Turkish, parisan,kurdish,arabic..

[@canshaulla9565]

how about GREEK vs ALBANİAN video 🤔, great video by the way without doubt you've deserve a like long live TURKİSH-KURDİSH-PERSİAN brotherhood 🤝❤️💪

[@shahrzadddd]

Thanks for watching. We'll try to organize that. Since there are always so many comments on our KZbin videos, that would be easier for us to see your suggestions through Instahr, rather than KZbin. Thanks 💗 instagram.com/shahrzad.pe/

[@kurdx7778]

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'.

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you for the clarification :)

[@TheIroony]

I think kan is a old turkish word and dosent comes from خون...its قان in azerbaijanian and other turkish dilectics.

[@ufukoztrk748]

Yeah. THERE IS "KAN" WORD IN ALL TURKISH or TURKIC LANGUAGES.

[@stormyfire2559]

It’s and old pahlavi persian word.pronounced xon or khan.but in modern persian it’s pronounced khun.the only true turkish words were found in orkhon Mongolia dating back almost a thousand years ago

[@ufukoztrk748]

@@stormyfire2559 this isn't true

[@stormyfire2559]

@@ufukoztrk748 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkhon_inscriptions you got any evidence to prove me wrong? cause i always have one for mine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Tsokto_inscriptions pauctle.com/osmtr/soz/%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86/

[@yunusemremetin5123]

@@stormyfire2559 ah yes the wikipedia link... now thats an ''evidence''

[@alpanahgahi427]

i dont see keyhan's link ????

[@ThePicean95]

I'm fluent in Pashto and Urdu and I understood 90% of the words!

[@shahrzadddd]

That's awesome!

[@dirdirdeero5279]

Great video... To be honest, I didn’t think this video was going to happen, but I’m glad it did. I’m all for brotherhood. PS: Not all Kurmançî speakers understand Turkish. Can we see a “Kurmançî & Turkey” language challenge? Also, Kurdish & Arabic

[@MariiiaPuder]

Why is everyone so obsessed with the Kurdish man? He is kinda cute and funny 😅

[@davidd2053]

Says the Kurdish guy using a different account. Hahaha

[@MariiiaPuder]

David D lol 😂

[@KeyhanTheFreeman]

Maria Puder sounds as if you’re speaking for yourself.

[@mortens.7490]

Vielleicht ist er schwul wer weiß.

[@mortens.7490]

@@KeyhanTheFreeman My girlfriend is Turkish. Why so racist?

[@zeynepg9331]

Well, "ciğer" does not only mean liver, it is the lungs also. When you call someone "ciğerim" it is not "my liver", it is "my lung", which implies that "you are the source of breath". In a way, you say, you are in my chest, close to my heart.

[@shadihaji6896]

Pişik =lungs Ciğer =liver 🌹

[@vinayakswami7839]

3:19 best part of the whole video and I haven’t even watched the whole video yet 😂

[@gitrogZG]

for April fools day you should do serbian and croatian differences

[@sabrik3885]

Lol

[@oezdjanbayram]

Unfortunately the translation of the Kurdish word "welat" is not "millet" (nation) or "milliyet" (nationality). WELAT means homeland, VATAN in Turkish.

[@thenin4e]

I like how the Kurdish guy is pronouncing the words. He seems like a linguist, someone who could really teach you about voices, and the possibility of how many voices could a person pronounce. He really pronounces good and slow the words, that I could almost learn them. 😁😀

[@KeyhanTheFreeman]

I do have a background in linguistics, albeit an informal one. Nice intuition, it's better than most of the other people here.

[@Ipsyyy]

​@@KeyhanTheFreeman nah

[@hazim2320]

His accent is bad , I’m Kurdish Sorani , and our accent is not like that 😅😅😅

[@rishsharma16]

I am a native Hindustani speaker and got 80% of the words!!It's quite amazing 🤘

[@jahanmq5959]

yes me too!!! How come we understood?? Im so confused!!!

[@rozhin6055]

@@jahanmq5959 It could be because all these languages have some influence from the Persian language!

[@mirzabaig17]

only because of Islamic conquest of India. Mr Sharma, will you accept muslims ruled over your ancestors?

[@VortexVortex2724]

Shows that these words come from indo Iranian/aryan and are lend words to turkish as its from a different family

[@user-zr2bf2yf6r]

Persian was the formal language in India for 600 years that's why.