Kürdistan

See also: Kurdistan, Kurdistán, and Kúrdistan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كوردستان (Kürdistan).

Proper noun

Kürdistan

  1. Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western 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)
  4. (Internet slang) void, nothingness, nonexistent, empty, invisible
    Üstler kalsın, yanlar Kürdistan.
    (describing hairstyle) The top should stay, the sides should be Kurdistan.
    • 2023 October 26, @tunapm1_1, TikTok‎[1]:
      Abi yanlar[ı] al üstler [K]ürdistan d[e]yince berberin bana yapt[ı]ğ[ı] ufak çaplı şo[v]:
      The small scale show the barber makes for me after I say "bro, take the sides and make the top Kurdistan":
    • 2024 July 15, @furkann08.61, TikTok‎[2]:
      Araba kürdistana çarpıyor Aq
      The car is crashing into Kurdistan bro
    • 2024 March 18, @bendrakeciyim, X‎[3]:
      yanlar kalsın üstler kürdistan
      The sides should stay, the top should be Kurdistan.
    • 2025 May 28, @caglarrratilmaz, X‎[4]:
      Beyler bakın k*rdistan elimde
      Guys, look, K*rdistan is in my hands.
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