Cwrdistan

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Cwrdistân

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kurdistan. By surface analysis, Cwrd (“Kurd”) +‎ -istan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊrdɪstan/, /kʊrdɪsˈtaːn/

Proper noun

Cwrdistan f

1. Kurdistan (a cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
2. (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
3. (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

Related terms

• Cwrdaidd (“Kurdish”, adjective)
• Cwrdeg (“Kurdish language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cwrdistan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cwrdistan	Gwrdistan	Nghwrdistan	Chwrdistan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Cwrdistan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies