Kurd

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Kurd

/kɜːd/ Australia, UK
/kɜɹd/ US
/kʌɹd/ Scotland
/køːd/ New Zealand
/keːd/
/kɛːd/

Sounds like curd, cared (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

Attested in English since roughly 1600, from Kurdish کورد (kurd) and Classical Persian کُرْد (kurd), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwrt /⁠kurd⁠/), ultimately of unknown origin. More at Kurds.

noun Kurds

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan. Kurds live in several countries.

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noun a member of the people inhabiting Kurdistan

Español	kurdo, kurda
中文	庫爾德 /库尔德 Kù'ěrdé
हिन्दी	कुर्द kurd
Kiswahili	Mkurdi
Português	curdo, curda
Français	Kurde
Deutsch	Kurde, Kurdin
Italiano	curdo, curda
Ελληνικά	Κούρδος Koúrdos
Română	kurd, kurdă
Русский	курд kurd, курдка kurdka
العربية	كُرْدِيّ kurdiyy, كُرْدِيَّة kurdiyya
עברית	כורדי kúrdi

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@misc{kurd_2026,
  title = {Kurd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kurd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}