Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kurdify

/ˈkɝdɪfaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kur-di-fy
IPA: /ˈkɝdɪfaɪ/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make Kurdish.

Example Sentences

"The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Simitis, has already had to overcome charges of lack of patriotism, when he rejected the “so called super patriots” demand to “Kurdify Greek foreign policy.”"
"In the general context of liberty, this subarticle addresses the widespread issue of smaller minorities being coerced to Arabize or Kurdify when seeking homes in particular provinces."
"The chief of staff of the military, Fevzi Çakmak, had warned in 1930 that the Kurds in Erzincan were 'using Alevism to Kurdify currently Turkish villages and spread the Kurdish language', and that 'many Alevi Turkish villages that are by custom Turkish are abandoning their mother tongue and speaking Kurdish owing to the mentality that Alevism denotes Kurdishness'"

Etymology

From Kurdish + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Kurdish

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɝdɪfaɪ/
British English: /ˈkɜːdɪfaɪ/

Inflected Forms

Kurdifies (present, singular) Kurdifying (participle, present) Kurdified (participle, past) Kurdified (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce kurdify?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɝdɪfaɪ/.
What does kurdify mean?: To make Kurdish.
Where does kurdify come from?: From Kurdish + -ify.

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