adj
Kurdish
KUR-dihsh
adj
1
Relating to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people, or their language.
"The festival featured Kurdish music, dance, and traditional dress."
"He grew up in a Kurdish-speaking household in northern Iraq."
noun
1
The group of related Indo-Iranian languages spoken across Kurdistan, spanning parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
"Kurdish is made up of several distinct dialects, including Kurmanji and Sorani."
"She studied Kurdish at university alongside Persian."
How to Use Kurdish
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes the Kurdish people, their homeland, or their family of languages.
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Etymology
From "Kurd" plus the suffix "-ish," which marks nationality or language, as in "English" or "Turkish."