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Kurdistan
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Kurdistán Kúrdistan Kürdistan
English
Etymology
Either from en fa-cls کُرْدِسْتَان (whence modern fa-ira کُرْدِسْتان), or from a variety of en ku (see sdh کوردستان - / kmr Kurdistan). Equivalent to en Kurd -istan.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkəɹdɪˌstæn/ [ˈkʰɝdɪˌstɛə̯n] US
en /ˈkəːdɪˌstɑːn/ /ˈkəːdɪˌstæn/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kurdistan.wav Southern England
Proper noun
+ Region
+ Province
en Q41470en A <<cultural region>> in <<r/West Asia>> inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of <<c:also/Turkey,Iraq,Iran,Syria>>.
en 2010-01-25 w:The Guardian Iraq executes Chemical Ali https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/25/chemical-ali-execution-iraq-kurd He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan https://web.archive.org/web/20250429134553/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/25/chemical-ali-execution-iraq-kurd
en Q205047en by extension en autonomous region in northern and northeastern c/Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
en Q134386en by extension en province in northwestern c/Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
Usage notes
Although parts of Kurds of Khorasan northeastern Iran and Kurds in Turkey#Central Anatolia central-western Turkey also have a majority-Kurdish population, these areas are generally not considered to be part of Kurdistan, the term being reserved for the main contiguous Kurdish-majority area where Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria meet.
Derived terms
en Kurdistani
Related terms
en Kurdish
en Kurd
Translations
cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds
Albanian: sq Kurdistan m, sq Kurdistani m definite
Arabic: ar كُرْدِسْتَان f
Armenian: hy Քրդստան
Azerbaijani: az Kürdistan
Basque: eu Kurdistan
Belarusian: be Курдыста́н m
Bengali: bn কুর্দিস্তান
Bulgarian: bg Кюрдиста́н m
Burmese: my ကာဒစ်စတန်
Catalan: ca Kurdistan
Chechen: ce Кхурдойчоь
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 庫爾德斯坦, cmn 庫德斯坦 Taiwan
Czech: cs Kurdistán m
Danish: da Kurdistan n
Dutch: nl Koerdistan n
Estonian: et Kurdistan
Finnish: fi Kurdistan
French: fr Kurdistan m
Gagauz: gag Kürdistan
Georgian: ka ქურთისტანი
German: de Kurdistan n
Greek: el Κουρδιστάν n
Ancient Greek: grc Γορδυηνή f
Hebrew: he כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן m kurdistan
Hindi: hi कुर्दिस्तान m
Hungarian: hu Kurdisztán
Icelandic: is Kúrdistan n
Indonesian: id Kurdistan
Interlingua: ia Kurdistan
Irish: ga Cordastáin f An Chordastáin
Italian: it Kurdistan m, it Curdistan m
Japanese: ja クルディスタン Kurudisutan
Kazakh: kk Күрдістан
Korean: ko ^쿠르디스탄
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb کوردستان
Northern Kurdish: kmr Kurdistan f (kmr کوردستان f)
Southern Kurdish: sdh کوردستان
Kyrgyz: ky Курдистан
Latin: la Corduēna f
Latvian: lv Kurdistāna f
Lithuanian: lt Kurdistanas m
Macedonian: mk Курдиста́н m
Malay: ms Kurdistan
Marathi: mr कुर्दिस्तान m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kurdistan n
Nynorsk: nn Kurdistan n
Odia: or ଗୁର୍ଦିସ୍ଥାନ୍
Ossetian: os
Pashto: ps کردستان m kurdestān
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls کُرْدِسْتَان
Iranian Persian: fa-ira کُرْدِسْتان
Polish: pl Kurdystan m
Portuguese: pt Curdistão m, pt Kurdistão m
Romanian: ro Kurdistan m
Russian: ru Курдиста́н m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ку̏рдистан m
Latin: sh Kȕrdistan m
Slovak: sk Kurdistan m
Slovene: sl Kurdistan m
Spanish: es Kurdistán m
Swedish: sv Kurdistan n
Tajik: tg Курдистон
Tatar: tt Көрдстан
Tetum: tet Kurdistaun m
Thai: th เคอร์ดิสถาน
Turkish: tr Kürdistan
Ottoman Turkish: ota كوردستان Kürdistan
Turkmen: tk Kürdistan
Ukrainian: uk Курдиста́н m
Urdu: ur کُرْدِسْتان m
Uyghur: ug كۇردىستان
Uzbek: uz Kurdiston
Welsh: cy Cwrdistan f
Yiddish: yi קורדיסטאַן m
See also
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈkʊʁdɪstaːn/
de De-Kurdistan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Kur dis tan
de istan
Proper noun
toponym
de Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Further reading
Northern Kurdish
ku:
Etymology
kmr kurd Kurdish -istan land of
Pronunciation
kmr /kʰʊɾdɪˈstɑːn/
kmr ɑːn 3
Proper noun
f K’urdistan کوردستان
kmr Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Declension
f s
Derived terms
kmr kurdistanî
Related terms
kmr kurd kurdane kurdayetî kurdewarî kurdî kurdîaxêv kurdîzan kurdolog kurdolojî
References
K’urdistan 1 427
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Related terms
nb kurder kurdisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Related terms
nn kurdar kurdisk
Serbo-Croatian
sh:
hr:
sr:
Pronunciation
sh /kûrdistan/
sh Kur di stan
Proper noun
Kȕrdistan m-in kȕrdskī,kurdìstānskī Kȕrdi,Kurdistánac Kȕrdinja,Kurdìstānka
sh Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Declension
Kurdistan Kurdistana Kurdistanu Kurdistan Kurdistane Kurdistanu Kurdistanom
Further reading
eldhUBg%3D
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
loan 1 1
Proper noun
m-in kurdský,kurdistanský Kurd,Kurdistanec Kurdka,Kurdistanka
sk Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Declension
m-in u sg
Related terms
sk kurdčina<g:f>
Further reading
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Kȗrdistan
Proper noun
Kȗrdistan m-in kúrdski kúrdistanski Kúrd Kúrdistanec Kúrdinja Kúrdistanka
sl Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Declension
Kúrdistan sg
Related terms
sl kurdščina<g:f>
Further reading
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
n
sv Kurdistan Q41470,Q205047,Q134386
Related terms
sv kurd kurdisk kurdiska kurdistanier kurdistansk kurdistanska