Kurd
pronunciation
How to pronounce Kurd in British English:
UK [kə:d]
How to pronounce Kurd in American English:
US [kɚd, kʊrd]
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- Noun:
- a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state
Word Origin
- Kurd
- 1610s, the people's self-designation.
Example
- 1. The new leader could not even utter the word " kurd . "
- 2. Next , according to the constitution , it must choose a president , possibly a kurd , as before .
- 3. In the arabic dialects of iraq and syria , a man who is unreasonably stubborn is said to have the mind of a kurd .
- 4. A stroke recently suffered by jalal talabani , a kurd who is president of federal iraq and who has often mediated between his kinsmen and the rulers in baghdad , may make it even harder to keep the calm .