کردستان
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See also: كردستان
Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
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| Classical reading? | kurdistān |
| Dari reading? | kurdistān |
| Iranian reading? | kordestân |
| Tajik reading? | kurdiston |
Proper noun
| Dari | کردستان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Курдистон |
کردستان • (kordestân)
- Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
- (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
- (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
Urdu
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Etymology
From کرد (Kurd) + ـستان (-istān, “land of...”), or possibly borrowed from Classical Persian کردستان (kurdistān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kʊɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: کُرْ‧دِسْ‧تان
Proper noun
کُرْدِسْتان • (kurdistān) m (Hindi spelling कुर्दिस्तान)
- Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
- (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
- (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
See also
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) (Category: ur:Middle East)