Word Study
Kurd
CIDE DICTIONARY
Kurd, prop. n.
A member of a people who inhabit a mountainous region of Western Asia, sometimes referred to as Kurdistan, spread over an area including adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of this region speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Kurd, n. a member of a mainly pastoral Aryan Islamic people living in Kurdistan (contiguous areas of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey).
Etymology
Kurdish
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