| English | ZonêMa/Kirmancki |
| yawn | bawuske weardene (bawuske an- we, bawuske biar- we), babuski weardene, bawuski weardene |
| year | serre [d] |
| year by year | serr ra serr |
| year by year | serre be (ve) serre |
| years ago | serri ra raver |
| yeast | miraz [e.] |
| yeast (for dough) | miraz [e.] |
| yeast (for milk, yoghurt) | amên [e.] |
| yellow | çeqer [sıf.] (2) |
| yellow flower | vılıka çeqere |
| yellow flowers | vılıkê çeqeri [ç.] |
| yellow yarrow | vaşo çeqer (vaşê qılıçi) (Achillea santolinoides subsp. wilhelmsii) [bot.] |
| Yemen | Yemen [e.] [coğ.] |
| Yemeni Rial | Rialê Yemeni |
| yes!, yeah! yea!, yep! yup! | heya (heya heya, hiya, ya) |
| yesterday | vızêri (vıjêri) |
| yesterday | roca vızêrêne (roca vıjêrêne) |
| yesterday’s, of yesterday | vızêrên (vıjêren) [sıf.] |
| yesterday’s, of yesterday, former | ...-o vızêrê(n) |
| yet | hona (1) |
| yet more | tenêna zêde |
| yield, abundance, fertility, fruitfulness | bereket [Aram./Süry. → İbr.] |
| yog(h)urt | mast (most) [e. ] |
| yoke | nire |
| yoke bone (cheekbone), jugal bone (or zygomatic bone) | pıloskor [anat.] |
| you | tı [Far. to] |
| you approach | şıma benê nêzdi |
| you approach | tı bena nêzdi |
| you are | şımaê |
| you are | (tı) tıya |
