Kurd
Meaning
A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.
Synonyms
Translations
Kurde
Kürt
kurd
Κούρδος
Koerd
Kurd
kurdo
kurdo
curdo
IranPronounced as (IPA)
/kɜː(ɹ)d/
Etymology
Attested in English since roughly 1600, from Kurdish کورد (kurd) and Classical Persian کُرْد (kurd), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gurd /kurd/), ultimately of unknown origin. More at Kurds.
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