Kurdish

American  

[kur-dish, koor-] / ˈkɜr dɪʃ, ˈkʊər- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Kurds or their language.

2. of or relating to Kurdistan, its people, or their language.

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noun

1. the language of the Kurds, an Iranian language.

Kurdish British  

/ ˈkɜːdɪʃ /

noun

1. the language of the Kurds, belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Kurds or their language

Etymology

Origin of Kurdish

First recorded in 1805–15; Kurd + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

He also survived the 2022-2023 "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women.

From Barron's

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has long been a haven for Kurdish Iranian armed factions, which have repeatedly faced cross-border strikes from Iran.

From Barron's

This model is already emerging in Kurdish regions and should be extended to Alawite and Druze communities without undermining central authority.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last month, the government took over the camp from its Kurdish administrators, who had long run it, as Kurdish forces ceded territory and Damascus extended its control across swathes of Syria's northeast.

From Barron's

But "this is no longer the case", he said, after the government drove Kurdish forces from wide areas of northeast Syria in January and the two sides agreed to the deal.

From Barron's