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kurdish

/ˈkɜː(ɹ)dɪʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
kur-dish
IPA
/ˈkɜː(ɹ)dɪʃ/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

noun

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).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Kurd Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Kurdish From Kurd + -ish.

Usage

Derived Forms

Kurdishness

Phrases

Central Kurdish Northern Kurdish Southern Kurdish

Frequently Paired Words

Kurd Kurdistan

Synonyms

kurdish language

Questions

How do you pronounce kurdish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɜː(ɹ)dɪʃ/.
What does kurdish mean?
Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.
Where does kurdish come from?
Etymology tree English Kurd Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Kurdish From Kurd + -ish.

How to pronounce kurdish

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