Meanings
adjectiveKurdish (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.
Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness.
2005, Donald Bloxham, The Great Game of Genocide, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023, page 44
nounKurdish (uncountable)
- uncountableFamily of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia
Similar
Kurdish language
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كُرْدِيّ, كُرْدِيَّة
- كُرْدِيّ (kurdiyy)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- كُرْدِيَّة (kurdiyya)language family of Kurdistan
Basque kurdu, kurduera
- kurduof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdueralanguage family of Kurdistan
Bengali কুর্দী
- কুর্দী (kurdi)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
Bulgarian кю́рдски, кю́рдски
- кю́рдски (kjúrdski)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- кю́рдски (kjúrdski)language family of Kurdistan
Catalan kurd
- kurdlanguage family of Kurdistan
Chinese Mandarin 庫爾德的 /库尔德的, 庫爾德 /库尔德
- 庫爾德的 /库尔德的 (kù'ěrdé de)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- 庫爾德 /库尔德 (Kù'ěrdé)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- 庫爾德語 /库尔德语 (kù'ěrdéyǔ)language family of Kurdistan
Czech kurdský, kurdština
- kurdskýof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdštinalanguage family of Kurdistan
Danish kurdisk, kurdisk
- kurdiskof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdisklanguage family of Kurdistan
Dutch Koerdisch, Koerdisch
- Koerdischof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Koerdischlanguage family of Kurdistan
Estonian kurdi, Kurdi
- kurdiof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Kurdilanguage family of Kurdistan
Finnish kurdilainen, kurdi-
- kurdilainenof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdi-of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdilanguage family of Kurdistan
- kurdin kielilanguage family of Kurdistan
French kurde, kurde
- kurdeof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdelanguage family of Kurdistan
German kurdisch, Kurdisch
- kurdischof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Kurdischlanguage family of Kurdistan
Greek κουρδικός, κουρδικά
- κουρδικός (kourdikós)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- κουρδικά (kourdiká)language family of Kurdistan
Hebrew כּוּרדִי, כורדית
- כּוּרדִי (kurdi)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- כורדית (kurdít)language family of Kurdistan
Hindi कुर्दी, कुर्द
- कुर्दी (kurdī)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- कुर्द (kurd)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- कुर्दी (kurdī)language family of Kurdistan
Hungarian kurd, kurd
- kurdof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdlanguage family of Kurdistan
Icelandic kúrdíska
- kúrdískalanguage family of Kurdistan
Indonesian Kurdi
- Kurdilanguage family of Kurdistan
Irish Coirdíneach, Coirdise
- Coirdíneachof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Coirdiseof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Coirdislanguage family of Kurdistan
Italian curdo, curdo
- curdoof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- curdolanguage family of Kurdistan
Japanese クルドの, クルド語
- クルドの (kurudo no)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- クルド語 (kurudogo)language family of Kurdistan
Korean 쿠르드, 쿠르드어
- 쿠르드 (kureudeu)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- 쿠르드어 (kureudeueo)language family of Kurdistan
Latin curdicus, kurdicus
- curdicusof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdicusof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
Latvian kurdu, kurdisks
- kurduof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdisksof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdu valodalanguage family of Kurdistan
Lithuanian kurdų, kurdiškai
- kurdųof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdiškailanguage family of Kurdistan
Norwegian Bokmål kurdisk, kurdisk
- kurdiskof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdisklanguage family of Kurdistan
Polish kurdyjski, kurdyjski
- kurdyjskiof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdyjskilanguage family of Kurdistan
Portuguese curdo, curdo
- curdoof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- curdolanguage family of Kurdistan
Punjabi ਕੁਰਦੀ, ਕੁਰਦੀ
- ਕੁਰਦੀ (kurdī)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- ਕੁਰਦੀ (kurdī)language family of Kurdistan
Romanian kurd, kurdă
- kurdof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdălanguage family of Kurdistan
Russian ку́рдский, ку́рдский
- ку́рдский (kúrdskij)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- ку́рдский (kúrdskij)language family of Kurdistan
- ку́рдский язы́к (kúrdskij jazýk)language family of Kurdistan
Scottish Gaelic Cùrdach
- Cùrdachof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
Slovak kurdský, kurdčina
- kurdskýof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdčinalanguage family of Kurdistan
Spanish curdo, kurdo
- curdoof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdolanguage family of Kurdistan
- curdolanguage family of Kurdistan
Swedish kurdisk, kurdiska
- kurdiskof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- kurdiskalanguage family of Kurdistan
Thai เคิร์ด, ภาษาเคิร์ด
- เคิร์ดof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- ภาษาเคิร์ด (paa-sǎa kə́ət)language family of Kurdistan
Turkish Kürt, Kürtçe
- Kürtof, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- Kürtçelanguage family of Kurdistan
Ukrainian ку́рдський, ку́рдська
- ку́рдський (kúrdsʹkyj)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- ку́рдська (kúrdsʹka)language family of Kurdistan
Urdu کُرْدِی, کُرْد
- کُرْدِی (kurdī)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- کُرْد (kurd)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- کُرْدی (kurdī)language family of Kurdistan
- کُرْدی زَبان (kurdī zabān)language family of Kurdistan
Vietnamese tiếng Kurd
- tiếng Kurdlanguage family of Kurdistan
Yiddish קורדיש, קורדיש
- קורדיש (kurdish)of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family
- קורדיש (kurdish)language family of Kurdistan
Cite this entry
APA
Kurdish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurdish
MLA
“Kurdish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurdish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kurdish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurdish.
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