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Kurdistan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkəːdɪˌstæn/ (UK)
  • [ˈkʰɝdɪˌstɛə̯n] (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkəɹdɪˌstæn/ (US)
  • /ˈkəːdɪˌstɑːn/ (UK)

Etymology

Either from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān) (whence modern Iranian Persian کُرْدِسْتان (kordestân)), or from a variety of Kurdish (see کوردستان / Kurdistan). Equivalent to Kurd + -istan.

Meanings

  1. A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
    • He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan 2010 January 25, “Iraq executes Chemical Ali”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:
  2. (broadly) An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
  3. (broadly) A province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.

Deriveds

Kurdistani

Relateds

Kurdish · Kurd

Translations (77)

ro Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sv Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · cmn 庫德斯坦 /库德斯坦 (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · de Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sh Kȕrdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · pt Curdistão (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · el Κουρδιστάν (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sdh کوردستان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ar كُرْدِسْتَان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ia Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · kk Күрдістан (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · hy Քրդստան (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · gag Kürdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ota كوردستان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · nb Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · tk Kürdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ca Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ur کُرْدِسْتان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ce Кхурдойчоь (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ky Курдистан (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · nl Koerdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · cmn 庫爾德斯坦 /库尔德斯坦 (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ps کردستان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · he כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · uz Kurdiston (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · mr कुर्दिस्तान (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · is Kúrdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · bg Кюрдиста́н (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ko 쿠르디스탄 (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · tg Курдистон (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · id Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · uk Курдиста́н (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ms Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · tt Көрдстан (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ug كۇردىستان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · or ଗୁର୍ଦିସ୍ଥାନ୍ (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · fa-cls کُرْدِسْتَان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sq Kurdistani (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · grc Γορδυηνή (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · yi קורדיסטאַן (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · eu Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · tet Kurdistaun (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · cs Kurdistán (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · my ကာဒစ်စတန် (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · la Corduēna (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · it Curdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · tr Kürdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · it Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ru Курдиста́н (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · pt Kurdistão (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · es Kurdistán (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · lv Kurdistāna (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sh Ку̏рдистан (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · hu Kurdisztán (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · az Kürdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ga An Chordastáin (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ja クルディスタン (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sl Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · mk Курдиста́н (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sk Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · da Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · bn কুর্দিস্তান (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · fr Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · fi Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · kmr Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ckb کوردستان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · lt Kurdistanas (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · ka ქურთისტანი (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · sq Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · hi कुर्दिस्तान (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · th เคอร์ดิสถาน (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · nn Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · pl Kurdystan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · fa-ira کُرْدِسْتان (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · cy Cwrdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · et Kurdistan (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds) · be Курдыста́н (cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds)

wikipedia: Kurds of Khorasan · wikipedia: Kurds in Turkey#Central Anatolia