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Kurd

(kûrd, ko͝ord)

A member of a group of peoples speaking western Iranian languages and inhabiting the transnational region of Kurdistan in southwest Asia.

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Kurd

(kɜːd)

(Peoples) a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in E Turkey, N Iraq, and W Iran

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Kurd

(kɜrd, kʊərd)

n.

a member of a people of SW Asia, the principal inhabitants of Kurdistan.

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Kurd - a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state

ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

Kurdistan - an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus

Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia

peshmerga - a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state

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kurdo

курд курды

Kurd

[kɜːd] N → kurdo/a m/f

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Kurd

[ˈkɜː^rd] n → Kurde mf

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Kurd

n → Kurde m, → Kurdin f

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Kurd

[kɜːd] n → curdo/a

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