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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

Translations

Κούρδος

kurdo

курд курды

Kurd

[kɜːd] N → kurdo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Kurd

[ˈkɜː^rd] n → Kurde mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Kurd

n → Kurde m, → Kurdin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Kurd

[kɜːd] n → curdo/a

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SAMAWA: Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing of a mass grave of Kurds killed by the former leader's forces three decades ago.The grave, found in the desert about 170 km (106 miles) west of the city of Samawa, contained the remains of dozens of Kurds made to "disappear" by Saddam's forces, Salih's office said.

Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam

Speaking at a joint news conference on Wednesday evening, senior lawyers Kamran Murtaza, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Hadi Shakeel, Balochistan High Court Bar Association president Shah Mohammad Jatoi, Attaullah Langove, Najam Mengal and other lawyers announced fielding Ali Ahmed Kurd as their candidate for the SCBA elections.

Balochistan lawyers nominate Kurd as candidate for SCBA election

Many would argue that through this story, the Kurds have developed their attitude toward love and relationships.

The Beginning of Kurdish Romantic Poetry

Two decades ago, most US officials would have been hard-pressed to place Kurdistan on a map, let alone consider Kurds as allies.

Kurdistan rising? Considerations for Kurds, their neighbors, and the region

HUDDERSFIELD Anarchist League supporters met local Kurds to discuss the escalating crisis in Iraq and Syria.

Plight of Kurds in war region

Ussama, known as "Sammy The Kurd" by London mobsters, started the Kensington Money Exchange in upmarket Notting Hill, London, in 2006 - and it did not take long for underworld elite to notice his ability to "clean" the dirtiest cash.

Cleaning up the dirty cash

Kurds arrived in Syria between 1516 and 1922 during the Ottoman period, when the Kurmanji-speaking Kurdish tribe was deported to areas of northern Syria from Anatolia.

Kurds stuck between Syrian rock and Turkish hard place

From Syrian Kurds' point of view, Damascus this week rendered talks between the two sides as meaningless.

Syrian regime renders talks with Kurds meaningless

"If there are no foreign troops on the ground of Syria's Northeastern part, I think that the best solution would be to start up a dialog between the Kurds and Damascus," Vershinin said, adding, "We support this dialog between Damascus and the Kurds", Middle East News reported.

Russia Says Kurds Should Begin Dialog with Syrian Government

Two years after the collapse of Turkey's peace talks with Kurds, instead of "meetings," what we have is a sprawling Turkish-Kurdish war across Turkey, Syria and Iraq, pitting a Nato ally against Washington's main partners in the fight against Daesh [the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant].

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