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- [kurd, koo rd; Persian koord]
- /kɜrd, kʊərd; Persian kurd/
- /kɜːd/
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- [kurd, koo rd; Persian koord]
- /kɜrd, kʊərd; Persian kurd/
Definitions of kurd word
- noun kurd a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan. 1
- noun kurd person from Kurdistan 1
- countable noun kurd A Kurd is a member of a race of people who live mainly in parts of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. 0
- noun kurd a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in E Turkey, N Iraq, and W Iran 0
- noun kurd a member of an Islamic people living chiefly in Kurdistan and the S Caucasus 0
- noun kurd A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and inhabit those parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union sometimes known as Kurdistan. 0
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Origin of kurd
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Kurd
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kurd popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
kurd usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with kurd
- what is a kurd?