Kurd definition

kûrd, ko͝ord
A member of an Islamic people living chiefly in Kurdistan and the S Caucasus.
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A member of a group of peoples speaking western Iranian languages and inhabiting the transnational region of Kurdistan in southwest Asia.
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A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit those parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union sometimes known as Kurdistan.
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Noun

Singular:
kurd
Plural:
kurds

Origin of kurd

  • The self-designation in Kurdish.

    From Wiktionary

Kurd Sentence Examples

  • By race Saladin was a Kurd of Armenia.

  • Little is known of the part of Syria which lies within the folded belt, and includes the Amanus and Kurd mountains.

  • Marash is prosperous, and has a large trade in Kurd carpets and embroideries.

  • The youngest son, Karl von Schlozer, a merchant and Russian consul-general at Libeck, was the father of Kurd von Schlozer (1822-1894), the historian and diplomatist, who in 1871 was appointed German ambassador to the United States and in 1882 to the Vatican, when he was instrumental in healing the breach between Germany and the papacy caused by the "May Laws."

  • The population is largely Armenian and Kurd with some Turks (Moslems 500,000, Christians 140,000).

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