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

The SDF had long shown fissures among the Kurdish, Arab and other factions that made up its force.

From The Wall Street Journal

A ceasefire agreement has brought much of Syria's north-east under the control of Damascus, ending years of autonomous Kurdish rule.

From BBC

Syrian forces took from the SDF a military base, oil facilities and a dam on the Euphrates River, weakening the Kurdish group’s negotiating hand over the future of its thousands of fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Syria's army on Wednesday entered the vast Al-Hol camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists after Kurdish forces withdrew from the site, said an AFP journalist at the scene.

From Barron's

Raphael Boukandoura, who works for various French publications including Liberation and Courrier International, was detained late Monday at a protest over a military operation targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

From Barron's