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Kurdistan

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See also: Kurdistán, Kúrdistan, and Kürdistan

English

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Etymology

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Either from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān) (whence modern Iranian Persian کُرْدِسْتان (kordestân)), or from a variety of Kurdish (see کوردستان / Kurdistan). Equivalent to Kurd +‎ -istan.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkəɹdɪˌstæn/, [ˈkʰɝdɪˌstɛə̯n]
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəːdɪˌstɑːn/, /ˈkəːdɪˌstæn/

Proper noun

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Kurdistan

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  2. A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
    • 2010 January 25, “Iraq executes Chemical Ali”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:
      He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan
  4. (by extension) An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
  6. (by extension) A province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.

Usage notes

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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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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provinces of Iranedit

German

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kurdistan n (proper noun, genitive Kurdistans or (optionally with an article) Kurdistan)

  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)

Further reading

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Northern Kurdish

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Kurdish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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kurd (“Kurdish”) +‎ -istan (“land of”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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K’urdistan f (Arabic spelling کوردستان)

  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)

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “K’urdistan”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 427

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

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Kurdistan

  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)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

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Kurdistan

  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)
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kûrdistan/
  • Hyphenation: Kur‧di‧stan

Proper noun

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Kȕrdistan m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ку̏рдистан, relational adjective kȕrdskī or kurdìstānskī, demonym Kȕrdi or Kurdistánac, female demonym Kȕrdinja or Kurdìstānka)

  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)

Declension

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Declension of Kurdistan
singular
nominative Kurdistan
genitive Kurdistana
dative Kurdistanu
accusative Kurdistan
vocative Kurdistane
locative Kurdistanu
instrumental Kurdistanom

Further reading

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  • “Kurdistan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kurdistan/, [ˈkurdistan]
  • Rhymes: -istan
  • Hyphenation: Kur‧dis‧tan

Proper noun

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Kurdistan m inan (relational adjective kurdský or kurdistanský, demonym Kurd or Kurdistanec, female demonym Kurdka or Kurdistanka)

  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)

Declension

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Declension of Kurdistan
(pattern dub)
singular
nominativeKurdistan
genitiveKurdistanu
dativeKurdistanu
accusativeKurdistan
locativeKurdistane
instrumentalKurdistanom
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Further reading

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  • “Kurdistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kȗrdistan m inan (relational adjective kúrdski or kúrdistanski, demonym Kúrd or Kúrdistanec, female demonym Kúrdinja or Kúrdistanka)

  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)

Declension

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Unknown tone or non-tonal
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Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative Kúrdistan
genitive Kúrdistana
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Kúrdistan
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Kúrdistana
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Kúrdistanu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Kúrdistan
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Kúrdistanu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Kúrdistanom
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Proper noun

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Kurdistan n (genitive Kurdistans)

  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)
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