A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Dialect of Sulaimania, Iraq

McCarus, Ernest N. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Dialect of Sulaimania, Iraq. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1967. First edition. Quarto. x, 194pp. Original designed green and black wrappers with green and black lettering on spine. Vocabulary in this volume relates to four publications: Basic Course, Readers, Newspaper Kurdish. The written Kurdish in Iraq is a modified Arabic script. The order of presentation within each entry is as follows: the meaning of the word alone is given first; then it is given in phrases and other expressions. Translations which are largely synonymous are separated by commas; semicolons separate groups of synonyms. Verbs are listed in their infinitive form, with the present stem given in parenthesis. Wrappers with light sunning along edges. Previous owner’s name inked onto front endpaper. Book block lightly age-toned. Wrappers and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. vg. Softcover. (35480) $75