(isim) kürt

Turkish - English

Definition of (isim) kürt in Turkish English dictionary

Kurd

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit those parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey,Armenia,Azerbaijan, and the former Soviet Union known as Kurdistan

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit those parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union sometimes known as Kurdistan

a member of a people living in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Member of an ethnic and linguistic group native to parts of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey (see Kurdistan). Kurds speak one of two dialects of Kurdish, a West Iranian language related to Modern Persian. Traditionally nomadic, most were forced into farming by the redrawing of state borders after World War I (1914-18). Most Kurds are Sunnite Muslims; Sufism is widely practiced. Plans for a Kurdish state, promised by the Treaty of Sèvres (1920), which dissolved the Ottoman Empire, were never realized. Kurds in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq have been variously persecuted and pressured to assimilate; Iraqi attacks were particularly severe during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-90) and following the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). See also Kurdistan Workers' Party

{i} member of Muslim people who inhabit the region of Kurdistan

Hyphenation

(i·sim) kürt