Etymology

Kurd

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Classical Persian کُرْد ← Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed]
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  1. Middle Persian · derived from[Book Pahlavi needed]
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromکُرْد
  3. English todayKurd

Attested in English since roughly 1600, from Kurdish کورد (kurd) and Classical Persian کُرْد (kurd), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /⁠kurd⁠/), ultimately of unknown origin. More at Kurds.

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