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How to pronounce kurd

IPA transcription: ['kɚd]

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Noun

  • a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state

Usage examples

  • He succeeded Nechervan Idris Barzani as the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
  • It was destroyed at least three times by the Kurds and the Persians.
  • It built up a significant support base among the working class, Kurds and intellectuals.
  • It is the most widespread dialect group of the Kurdish languages.
  • Today, the vast majority of Kurdistan's Jews live in Israel.
  • He was of Kurdish origin.
  • Riza Talabani is one of the foremost Kurdish poets.
  • He was born into a prominent family in Kurd-dominated northern Iraq.
  • He was born in Iranian Kurdistan.
  • It is the official flag of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in Iraq.