Kurdistan

See also: Kurdistán, Kúrdistan, and Kürdistan

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Kurdistan

1. A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
   1. An autonomous region of northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
   2. A province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.

Usage notes

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.

Related terms

• Kurdish
• Kurd

Translations

a region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds

• Albanian: Kurdistan m, Kurdistani m (definite)
• Arabic: كُرْدِسْتَان f (kurdistān)
• Armenian: Քրդստան (Kʻrdstan)
• Azerbaijani: Kürdistan (az)
• Basque: Kurdistan
• Belarusian: Курдыста́н m (Kurdystán)
• Bengali: কুর্দিস্তান (kurdistan)
• Bulgarian: Кюрдиста́н (bg) m (Kjurdistán)
• Burmese: ကာဒစ်စတန် (kadacca.tan)
• Catalan: Kurdistan
• Chechen: Кхурдойчоь (Qurdojčö)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫爾德斯坦／库尔德斯坦 (zh) (Kù'ěrdésītǎn), 庫德斯坦／库德斯坦 (Kùdésītǎn) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Kurdistán (cs) m
• Danish: Kurdistan n
• Dutch: Koerdistan n
• Estonian: Kurdistan (et)
• Finnish: Kurdistan (fi)
• French: Kurdistan (fr) m
• Gagauz: Kürdistan
• Georgian: ქურთისტანი (kurtisṭani)
• German: Kurdistan (de) n
• Greek: Κουρδιστάν n (Kourdistán)

  Ancient: Γορδυηνή f (Gorduēnḗ)

• Hebrew: כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן m (kurdistan)
• Hindi: कुर्दिस्तान m (kurdistān)
• Hungarian: Kurdisztán (hu)
• Icelandic: Kúrdistan n
• Indonesian: Kurdistan
• Interlingua: Kurdistan
• Irish: An Chordastáin f
• Italian: Kurdistan (it) m, Curdistan m
• Japanese: クルディスタン (Kurudisutan)
• Kazakh: Күрдістан (Kürdıstan)
• Korean: 쿠르디스탄 (Kureudiseutan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کوردستان (ckb) (kurdistan)

  Northern Kurdish: Kurdistan (ku) f (کوردستان (ku) f (kurdistan))

  Southern Kurdish: کوردستان (ku) (kurdistan)

• Kyrgyz: Курдистан (Kurdistan)
• Latin: Corduēna f
• Latvian: Kurdistāna f
• Lithuanian: Kurdistanas m
• Macedonian: Курдиста́н m (Kurdistán)
• Malay: Kurdistan
• Marathi: कुर्दिस्तान m (kurdistān)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kurdistan n

  Nynorsk: Kurdistan n

• Odia: ଗୁର୍ଦିସ୍ଥାନ୍ (or) (gurdisthan)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: کردستان m (kurdestān)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: کُرْدِسْتَان (fa) (kurdistān)

  Iranian Persian: کُرْدِسْتان (fa) (kordestân)

• Polish: Kurdystan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Curdistão (pt) m, Kurdistão m
• Romanian: Kurdistan m
• Russian: Курдиста́н (ru) m (Kurdistán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ку̏рдистан m

  Roman: Kȕrdistan (sh) m

• Slovak: Kurdistan m
• Slovene: Kurdistan m
• Spanish: Kurdistán (es) m
• Swedish: Kurdistan n
• Tajik: Курдистон (Kurdiston)
• Tatar: Көрдстан (Kördstan)
• Thai: เคอร์ดิสถาน (kəə-dì-sà-tǎan)
• Turkish: Kürdistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Kürdistan
• Ukrainian: Курдиста́н m (Kurdystán)
• Urdu: کُرْدِسْتان m (kurdistān)
• Uyghur: كۇردىستان (kurdistan)
• Uzbek: Kurdiston
• Yiddish: קורדיסטאַן m (kurdistan)

See also

• (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Qom, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Iran)}

German

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

1. Kurdistan (region in the Middle East encompassing most Kurdish speakers, in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

Further reading

• “Kurdistan” in Duden online

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

K’urdistan f (Arabic spelling کوردستان)

1. Kurdistan (a region of the Middle East).
2. (by extension) A province of Iran

Declension

Declension of Kurdistan

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular
Nominative	Kurdistan
Construct	Kurdistana
Oblique	Kurdistanê
Demonstrative oblique	wê Kurdistanê
Vocative	Kurdistanê
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular
Nominative	Kurdistanek
Construct	Kurdistaneke
Oblique	Kurdistanekê

Related terms

• kurd
• kurdane
• kurdayetî
• kurdewarî
• kurdolog
• kurdolojî
• kurdî
• kurdîaxêv
• kurdîzan

 

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kurdistan

1. Kurdistan

Related terms

• kurder
• kurdisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kurdistan

1. Kurdistan

Related terms

• kurdar
• kurdisk

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kȕrdistan m (Cyrillic spelling Ку̏рдистан)

1. Kurdistan

Declension

Declension of Kurdistan

	singular
nominative	Kurdistan
genitive	Kurdistana
dative	Kurdistanu
accusative	Kurdistan
vocative	Kurdistane
locative	Kurdistanu
instrumental	Kurdistanom

Swedish

Proper noun

Kurdistan n (genitive Kurdistans)

1. Kurdistan