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Kurdish Common

Kurdish has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia

2

Family 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).

Adjective
1

of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture

"Kurdish Moslems"

2

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Iranian

Origin

The word comes from the name of the Kurdish people plus the suffix -ish, which is used to form adjectives. It essentially means "of or relating to the Kurds."

Rhyming Words
ish hish lish tish mish eish rish nish dish bish pish fish kish aish wish gish irish ajish ilish swish
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