Kurdish

[kur-dish, koor-]

adjective

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

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

noun

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

Kurdish

/ ˈkɜːdɪʃ /

noun

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

adjective

1. of or relating to the Kurds or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kurdish¹

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

Example Sentences

Sleeper cells are active inside the camps and weapons have been confiscated during searches by Kurdish and U.S. forces, according to camp administrators, Kurdish counterterrorism and military officials, U.N. investigators and interviews with detainees.

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They exposed how a Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts across the UK.

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Last week the BBC exposed Kurdish crime fixers who claimed to be able to make £60,000 illegal working fines disappear.

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Two Kurdish men agreed to go undercover for the BBC and expose a network behind illegal High Street businesses because the criminals are causing harm to the reputation of Kurds in the UK, they say.

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The self-described "accountant" is among a group of Kurdish men, first exposed in a BBC investigation on Tuesday, who enable migrants to work illegally in mini-marts, by registering the businesses in their own name.

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