Kurd meaning

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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Origin of kurd

The self-designation in Kurdish.

Sentence Examples

  • The Kurd, a ase.

  • By race Saladin was a Kurd of Armenia.

  • The eastern system springs from the Tauric offshoot (Kurd Dagh, &c.), which shuts off the Commagenian basins, and as the triple chain of J.

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

  • The Kurd and Nestorian tribes in the wilder parts of the Hakkiari Mountains are under slight government control, and are permitted to pay tribute and given selfgovernment in a large degree.

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