Kurdistan

Either from Northern Kurdish Kurdistan or from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān), equivalent to Kurd +‎ -i- +‎ -stan.

Kurdistan

2. A cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
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.

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.

• Kurdistani

• Kurdish
• Kurd

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• Hyphenation: Kur‧dis‧tan
• Rhymes: -istan

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

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)

• “Kurdistan” in Duden online

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊɾdɪˈstɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

K’urdistan f (Arabic spelling کوردستان)

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)

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

Kurdistan

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)

• kurder
• kurdisk

Kurdistan

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)

• kurdar
• kurdisk

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

Kȕrdistan m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ку̏рдистан)

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)

Kurdistan n (genitive Kurdistans)

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)