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kurd

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kurd.

Editorial note

E.g., when an angry Shiite captured a Sunni or an angry Kurd captured a Shiite, or an angry Sunni captured a Kurd, etc.

Examples17
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kurd gathered in one view.

noun

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kurd.

noun

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

Example sentences

1

E.g., when an angry Shiite captured a Sunni or an angry Kurd captured a Shiite, or an angry Sunni captured a Kurd, etc.

2

Try being a Kurd in Turkey or an apostate in an islamic country, then you will learn what racist means.

3

Without the Kurd resistance in the north and local Shia resistance group, the operation would have fail.

4

Certainly wasn't to the German Kurd 'Jstark' who invented it and indeed concealed it on German soil.

5

For instance the fgc-9[] commonly seized in parts of Europe was invented by a German in Germany (ethnic Kurd though).

6

These lies are made up by kurd-islamists in recent years, and other groups such as armenians are also trying to grab a bite from Turkey, by taking kurd-islamists side and supporting their lies.

7

There is no Turk vs Kurd fight going on its just an up moron brain washing people and turning them in to each other.

8

I studied under both the Kurdish and Arab regimes, in both Assyrians don't exist, we are Kurd or Arab Christians.

9

In any event, we wouldn't have stepped in just based on a Kurd attack.

10

In fact, part of that pride is calling it an the Arab conquest, even though the colonizer - Salah AlDin - was a Kurd and not an Arab.

11

These lies can easily be traced back to kurd-islamist so-called historians' books, but one can go no further than that, for there's no supporting evidence on their claims even in their books.

12

Kurdish meshes well with decades of extensive cultural oppression of the Kurds and other minority groups in terms of outlawing teaching of their language, and even for a while outlawing the very name Kurd as well.

Quote examples

1

I wonder if it matters to the average Kurd if their loved ones get beheaded, gassed, or "collateral damage"'d.

2

"In any case, he wasn’t sure how else he could succeed in America, and he did not want to return to Turkey: he is a Kurd, an ethnic group that has been subjected to discrimination there." Heh, even more interesting.

Proper noun examples

1

Regional stability didn't make for a very good time in Iraq if you were a Kurd, had supported the U.

2

So you will see them referring to us as Turk/Arab/Kurd Christians in their books and media.

3

Offtopic: As an Iraqi Kurd, it's quite amazing (and surprising!) to find another Clojurian in Iraq.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kurd in a sentence?

E.g., when an angry Shiite captured a Sunni or an angry Kurd captured a Shiite, or an angry Sunni captured a Kurd, etc.

What does kurd mean?

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

What part of speech is kurd?

kurd is commonly used as noun.