Pale Fire

[adventrue]

How would you translate "Pale Fire" into Kurdish?
It's the title of a novel by Nabokov.

[kchi-kurdi]

Pale Fire in kurdish is :

Agrí Bétín (pronounces as Agry Betin) which literaly means warmless fire ,
you can also say Agrí Spí Hallgeraw ( Agrí = Fire , Spí Hallgeraw = white-like / pale)


hope that helps

[adventrue]

Thank you! Someone in real life told me the other day it would be "agira rengaveti". Does this sound correct too? What would be the nuance of meaning?

[kchi-kurdi]

well that would be in Kurmanci dialect, which i dont speak but i understand it. . .
yes it is correct too . the literal meaning of agira rangaveti is Water-like fire.

[adventrue]

Interesting! water-like fire sounds even more poetic!... or does it just sound silly in kurdish?

And I thought that the "renga-" part must be like turkish "renk" -colour and the "-veti" would be something like less as in "colourless"... not at all it seems? is veti water?

[kchi-kurdi]

well, my kurmanci is not that great, but avi means colourless / water-like colour!! :S if it makes sense lol . .. .