Kurmanji

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Kurdish kurmancî.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɚˈmɑn.dʒi/, /ˈkɚ.mæn.dʒi/

Proper noun

Kurmanji

1. The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.

   Synonym: Northern Kurdish

Translations

Northern Kurdish

• Arabic: الكِرْمانْجِيّة f (al-kirmānjiyya)
• Bengali: কুরমাঞ্জী (kurmañji)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫爾曼語 / 库尔曼语, 北庫德語 / 北库德语

• Finnish: kurmandži (fi)
• French: kurmandji (fr) m, kourmandji m
• German: Kurmandschi (de) n
• Hungarian: kurmandzsi (hu)
• Irish: Curmainsis f
• Japanese: クルマンチュ語 (Kurumanchu-go)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کرمانجی (ckb) (kirmancî)

  Northern Kurdish: kurmancî (ku), kirmancî (ku)

• Russian: курманджи́ (ru) m (kurmandží), северноку́рдский (severnokúrdskij)
• Turkish: Kurmanci (tr), Kurmançça (tr)
• Zazaki: Kurmanci (diq), Kurmancki (diq)

See also

• Central Kurdish/Sorani
• Southern Kurdish (Kermanshani/Kermanshahi)
• Zazaki

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kurmanji, kmr ⁠