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ġalâfak [Afghani Nawis 1985, 409]: tearing up by the roots, moving a thing from where it belonged
ġeru: yelling, roaring
ġočâġ [Afghani Nawis 1985, 422]: healthy, strong, fat
ġurâzε: old-fashioned, obsolete
huk: hump, hunch
jambajây agitation, commotion, activity
jaras: little bell
jelöukoni/jelöukonak: racing, race
jendari/jandari (< jahândâri) [Afghani Nawis, 160]: property, wealth
junkoš: half dead, barely alive (from beating)
kâč (< kâj) [Fikrat 1976, 127]: ceiling
kâġezpêč: candy wrapped in paper
kâxerε: husk, shell
kalap [Fikrat 1976, 134]: lower jaw, chin
kaliz [Fikrat 1976, 135]: bee
kamjostε (< kam-“little” + jostε-past participle of the verb “to seek”): shy, humble
kandal: boulder
karrak/karak [Fikrat 1976, 132]: quail (bird trained for fights)
kašaf [Fikrat 1976, 133]: turtle
kaškal (< kaškul/kašgul?): beggar's cup
keštman/kešteman (< keštmand): sharecropper (who uses his own equipment, oxen, and hired laborers)
kezg: Adam's apple
kisezan/kisιzan: cutpurse, pickpocket
korġ: pit, hole (in the ground)
kowas: dog's yelping or howling
kum (< kâm) [Fikrat 1976, 138]: throat, gullet
kunxaz/kunxazə [Fikrat 1976, 139]: crawling on one's hind parts
kurak, cf. Kb kuraki: underdeveloped fruit which has not attained ripeness because of a disease
kuy: pain, sorrow
lâlâ [Fikrat 1976, 147; Afghani Nawis 1985, 509]: elder brother