li

1. on
2. at (time)
3. in (location, country, city)
4. an element of several prepositions and circumpositions

Etymology

Cognate with Central Kurdish: لە

In summary

Cognate with Central Kurdish لە (le), from earlier *ne < *en. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *en.

Concepts

at

by

Synonyms

le

li nêzî

li rex

li kêleka

li tenişta

Translations

à

a

a

a

a

στα

bij

bei

στο

στον

στις

στους

op

🆙

στη

zu

Sentences

Tu çi dikî li zanîngehê?

What are you doing at university?

Kî li vir kar dizîvirîne?

Who is doing the work here?

Mixabin bavê min ne li vir e.

Unfortunately, my father is not here.

Li ber deriyê xênî sekiniye.

He is standing in front of the house.

Hin avahiyên nû li derdora dibistana me tên avakirin.

Some new buildings are being built around our school.

Dinya me girover e, li dora xwe digere.

Our world is round, moving around.