Kurd

kurd English +s Etymology Attested in English since roughly 1600, (1595) (1610s) (1610-20) from en ku - ckb کورد and en fa-cls کُرْد, from en pal kwrt kurd Phlv, ultimately of unknown origin. More at Kurds. Pronunciation en /kɜːd/ RP,AU en /kɜɹd/ GA en en-us-kurd.ogg US en /kʌɹd/ Scotland en /køːd/ NZ en /keːd/ Scouse,square-nurse en /kɛːd/ Humberside,Teesside,square-nurse en ɜː(ɹ)d 1 en curd ; cared<aa:fair-fur> Noun 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. en Kurds live in several countries. en I took classes with a Kurd. en 1595 w:Abraham Hartwell The History of the Warres between the Turkes and the Persians https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A07559.0001.001/1:16 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. Historia della guerra fra Turchi, et Persiani Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi https://web.archive.org/web/20261022084454/https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a07559.0001.001;node=A07559.0001.001:16;seq=1;view=text;rgn=div1 22 October 2026 en 1865 Charles Wells Mehemet, the Kurd, and Other Tales, from Eastern Sources 16 Mehemet took her for a man and said, “Good father, I am a Kurd: my story is very curious” en 2018 Sarah El Deeb In a new justice system, Kurds put IS on trial eyeing reconciliation Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/in-a-new-justice-system-kurds-put-is-on-trial-eyeing-reconciliation-20180508-p4ze09.html After defeating IS in battle, Syria's Kurds are now eager to show they can bring justice against the group's members. May 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20250822002735/https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/in-a-new-justice-system-kurds-put-is-on-trial-eyeing-reconciliation-20180508-p4ze09.html 22 August 2025 Derived terms en Kurdish Related terms en Kurdistan Translations a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan Abkhaz: ab ақәы́рд Arabic: ar كُرْدِيّ m, ar كُرْدِيَّة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܩܘܼܪܕܵܝܵܐ qurdaya Armenian: hy քուրդ Azerbaijani: az kürd Bengali: bn কুর্দ Bulgarian: bg Кюрд Catalan: ca kurd m, ca kurda f Chechen: ce Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 庫爾德 Danish: da kurder c Dutch: nl Koerd m Faroese: fo kurdi m Finnish: fi kurdi, fi kurdit French: fr Kurde m f Gagauz: gag kürd Georgian: ka ქურთი German: de Kurde m, de Kurdin f Greek: el Κούρδος m Hebrew: he כורדי m kúrdi Hindi: hi कुर्द Ido: io Kurdo Irish: ga Coirdíneach m Italian: it curdo m, it curda f Kazakh: kk күрд Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کورد Laki: lki کورد Northern Kurdish: kmr kurd m Southern Kurdish: sdh کورد Latin: la Corduēnus m Latvian: lv kurds m, lv kurdiete f Laz: lzz Çurdi, lzz Kyurdi Macedonian: mk Курд Mingrelian: xmf ქურთი Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kurder m Nynorsk: nn kurdar m Persian: Dari: prs کُرْد Iranian Persian: fa-ira کُرْد Classical Persian: fa-cls کُرْد Polish: pl Kurd m, pl Kurdyjka f Portuguese: pt curdo m, pt curda f Romanian: ro kurd m, ro kurdă f Russian: ru курд m, ru курдка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Курд m, sh Курдкиња f Latin: sh Kurd m, sh Kurdkinja f Slovak: sk Kurd m, sk Kurdka f Slovene: sl Kúrd m, sl Kúrdinja f Spanish: es kurdo m, es kurda f Swahili: sw Mkurdi Swedish: sv kurd c male, sv kurdiska c female Tajik: tg курд Tatar: tt көрд Thai: th ชาวเคิร์ด chaao kə́ət Turkish: tr Kürt Ottoman Turkish: ota كرد kürd, ota كورد kürd Turkmen: tk kürt Urdu: ur کُرْد Uyghur: ug كۇرت Uzbek: uz Kurd Cyrillic: uz Курд Welsh: cy Cwrd mfbysense References Anagrams en dkru druk en Ethnonyms Polish Etymology pl 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Kurd.wav kurt Proper noun m-pr Kurdyjka en Kurd Declension Kurdowie Related terms pl Kurdystan pl kurdyjski Further reading