Kurd
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- noun
- /kɜrd/
- We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters.
- Turks and Kurds
- older Kurds
- Turkish Kurds
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- It is more the Kurds and less the Iranians.
- A large portion of the Kurds are Sunnis.
- Or north or North Iraq pre war with the Kurds about to fight Saddam.
- And then we had Kurds from the PUK and the KDP.
- I think personally, I think that, you know, Kurds should have their own country.
- They're seeing signs from the Kurds saying, we love you.
- We don't know where they, the Kurds, got out.
- But political commentary, journalistic writing, outspoken Kurds, radicals, they're always in trouble.
- So Ahmed Chellaby was one of those very rare Shia Kurds.
- I said Saddam could threaten the Kurds, he could threaten the Shia, he could threaten Kuwait.
- Violence and aggression against the Kurds, against other ethnic minorities, against Iraq's neighbors.
- You not only have Kurds, but you have Assyrians, you have Yazidi, you have Arabs.
Examples
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And the reason for that is because the, the Kurds are the largest stateless group of, of people in the world.
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More to the point, Syrian Kurds are a significant minority within Syria.
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His grandfather was a Kurd.
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Defining what is meant by a Kurd can be a difficult task.
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Overall, older Kurds received a moderate amount of social support from family members and friends.
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Even if the state refused to acknowledge the existence of the Kurds, the issue would not die.
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Despite past betrayals, the Kurds remain willing to work with the United States.
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A large portion of the Kurds are Sunnis.
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For the foreseeable future, the Kurds will remain a marginalized and excluded group within the Turkish state.
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His grandfather was a Kurd, reflecting the rich cultural heritage of this ethnic group.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Kurd probably comes from an old Persian word kurd that meant 'nomad' or 'tent-dweller', so the name reminds us that many Kurds were traditionally pastoral people who moved with their herds.