Kurdistan
/ˈkəːdɪˌstɑːn/US/ˈkəɹdɪˌstæn/
Kurdistan proper noun: a cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Proper noun
Kurdistan
- A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
- He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan2010 January 25, “Iraq executes Chemical Ali”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025
- An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
- A province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
Kurdistan meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Kurdistan in Hindi
- cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds
- कुर्दिस्तान kurdistān
Kurdistan in Marathi
- cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds
- कुर्दिस्तान kurdistān
Kurdistan in Urdu
- cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds
- کُرْدِسْتان kurdistān
Kurdistan in Bengali
- cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds
- কুর্দিস্তান kurdistan
More languagesFewer languages
- Kurdistan in Odia
- ଗୁର୍ଦିସ୍ଥାନ୍ gurdisthān
- Kurdistan in Pashto
- کردستان kurdestān
- Kurdistan in Arabic
- كُرْدِسْتَان kurdistān
- Kurdistan in Malay
- Kurdistan
- Kurdistan in Indonesian
- Kurdistan
- Kurdistan in Thai
- เคอร์ดิสถาน kəə-dì-sà-tǎan
- Kurdistan in Myanmar
- ကာဒစ်စတန် kadacca.tan
Origin of Kurdistan
Either from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān) (whence modern Iranian Persian کُرْدِسْتان (kordestân)), or from a variety of Kurdish (see کوردستان / Kurdistan). Equivalent to Kurd + -istan.
Words formed from Kurdistan
Phrases with Kurdistan
Questions about Kurdistan
- What does Kurdistan mean?
- Kurdistan means a cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
- What is Kurdistan in Hindi?
- Kurdistan in Hindi is कुर्दिस्तान (kurdistān). See Kurdistan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kurdistan?
- Kurdistan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kurdistan?
- Kurdistan is pronounced /ˈkəɹdɪˌstæn/ (US).
Words near Kurdistan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kurdistan (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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