Kurd en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /køːd/ (New-Zealand)
- /kɜːd/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /kʌɹd/ (Scotland)
- /kɜɹd/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /keːd/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /kɛːd/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
Etymology
Attested in English since roughly 1600, from Kurdish کورد (kurd) and Classical Persian کُرْد (kurd), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /kurd/), ultimately of unknown origin. More at Kurds.
Meanings
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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.
After defeating IS in battle, Syria's Kurds are now eager to show they can bring justice against the group's members.
2018 May 8, Sarah El Deeb, “In a new justice system, Kurds put IS on trial eyeing reconciliation”, in Sydney Morning Herald:Mehemet took her for a man and said, “Good father, I am a Kurd: my story is very curious”
1865, Charles Wells, Mehemet, the Kurd, and Other Tales, from Eastern Sources, page 16:I took classes with a Kurd.
Curdi, B[arbarous]. a people which many think to be the Parthians, A[uncient]. But we cannot possiblie thinke them to be so. wherein we agree with Castaldo.
1595, Abraham Hartwell, The History of the Warres between the Turkes and the Persians, translation of Historia della guerra fra Turchi, et Persiani by Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi:Kurds live in several countries.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (67)
fa-ira کُرْد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ca kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · nl Koerd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · uz Kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · gag kürd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · he כורדי (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sh Kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · tr Kürt (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · th ชาวเคิร์ด (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · hi कुर्द (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · la Corduēnus (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ab ақәы́рд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · prs کُرْد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ru курд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · aii ܩܘܼܪܕܵܝܵܐ (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ru курдка (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ug كۇرت (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · fr Kurde (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sh Курдкиња (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · zh 库尔德 (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ckb کورد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · nb kurder (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sh Kurdkinja (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · lzz Çurdi (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · es kurda (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · pt curdo (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · kmr kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · el Κούρδος (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · az Kürd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ur کرد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · tt көрд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · lki کورد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · io Kurdo (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · fi kurdi (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · uz Курд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · cy Cwrd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · lv kurds (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · it curdo (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · bg Кюрд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sw Mkurdi (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · bn কুর্দ (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sv kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ro kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sdh کورد (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · es kurdo (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · tg курд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ar كُرْدِيّ (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sl Kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · lzz Kyurdi (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · hy քուրդ (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ro kurdă (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · de Kurdin (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · lv kurdiete (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ga Coirdíneach (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · fi kurdit (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · ka ქურთი (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · fo kurdi (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · mk Курд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sv kurdiska (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · kk күрд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · xmf ქურთი (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · da kurder (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sk Kurd (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · nn kurdar (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · de Kurde (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · sh Курд (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan) · tk kürt (a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan)