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Kurd

UK/kɜːd//kɜɹd/

Kurd noun: 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.

Noun

Kurd (plural Kurds)

  1. 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.
    • Kurds live in several countries.
    • I took classes with a Kurd.

Kurd meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

Kurd in Hindi

a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan
कुर्द kurd

Kurd in Urdu

a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan
کرد kurd

Kurd in Bengali

a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan
কুর্দ kurdo

Kurd in Arabic

a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan
كُرْدِيّ kurdiyy
More languagesFewer languages
Kurd in Thai
ชาวเคิร์ด chaao kə́ət

Examples of Kurd in a sentence

  • Mehemet took her for a man and said, “Good father, I am a Kurd: my story is very curious”1865, Charles Wells, Mehemet, the Kurd, and Other Tales, from Eastern Sources, page 16:
  • After defeating IS in battle, Syria's Kurds are now eager to show they can bring justice against the group's members.2018 May 8, Sarah El Deeb, “In a new justice system, Kurds put IS on trial eyeing reconciliation”, in Sydney Morning Herald:

Forms of Kurd

pluralKurds

Origin of Kurd

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.

Words formed from Kurd

Phrases with Kurd

Words that rhyme with Kurd

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Questions about Kurd

What does Kurd mean?
Kurd 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.
What is Kurd in Hindi?
Kurd in Hindi is कुर्द (kurd). See Kurd meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Kurd in a sentence?
Mehemet took her for a man and said, “Good father, I am a Kurd: my story is very curious”
What part of speech is Kurd?
Kurd is a noun.
How do you pronounce Kurd?
Kurd is pronounced /kɜːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of Kurd?
The plural of Kurd is Kurds.

Words near Kurd in the dictionary

  1. kurchatovite
  2. kurchatovium
  3. kurchi
  4. kurchicine
  5. kurchine
  6. Kurd
  7. kurdaitcha
  8. kurdaitcha man
  9. kurdaitcha men
  10. kurdaitchas
  11. Kurdestan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kurd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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