Kurdistan
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English
Etymology
Either from Northern Kurdish Kurdistan or from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān), equivalent to Kurd + -i- + -stan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kurdistan
- A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
- (by extension) An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
- (by extension) A province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
Usage notes
Although parts of northeastern Iran and central-western Turkey also have a majority-Kurdish population, these areas are generally not considered to be part of Kurdistan, the term being reserved for the main contiguous Kurdish-majority area where Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria meet.
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Translations
a region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds
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See also
- (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Qom, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan (Category: en:Provinces of Iran)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kurdistan n (proper noun, genitive Kurdistans or (optionally with an article) Kurdistan)
- Kurdistan (region in the Middle East encompassing most Kurdish speakers, in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
Further reading
- “Kurdistan” in Duden online
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
kurd (“Kurdish”) + -istan (“land of”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
K’urdistan f (Arabic spelling کوردستان)
- Kurdistan (a region of the Middle East).
- (by extension) A province of Iran
Declension
Declension of Kurdistan
| Definite feminine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | |||
| Nominative | Kurdistan | |||
| Construct | Kurdistana | |||
| Oblique | Kurdistanê | |||
| Demonstrative oblique | wê Kurdistanê | |||
| Vocative | Kurdistanê | |||
| Indefinite feminine gender | ||||
| Case | Singular | |||
| Nominative | Kurdistanek | |||
| Construct | Kurdistaneke | |||
| Oblique | Kurdistanekê | |||
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References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “K’urdistan”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 427
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Kurdistan
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Kurdistan
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kȕrdistan m (Cyrillic spelling Ку̏рдистан)
Declension
Declension of Kurdistan
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kurdistan |
| genitive | Kurdistana |
| dative | Kurdistanu |
| accusative | Kurdistan |
| vocative | Kurdistane |
| locative | Kurdistanu |
| instrumental | Kurdistanom |
Swedish
Proper noun
Kurdistan n (genitive Kurdistans)