Kurdish

Examples

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• A.F. Miller, the resident British assistant administrative inspector, could only speak Turkish; he had little need for Arabic or Kurdish.

  Academic text (2007)

• How did you learn Kurdish?

  Five Minarets in New York (2010)

• If we need to teach Kurdish in the streets, we will.

  Blog text (13)

• Although Spanish was the first language for the largest number of students, there were several who spoke Kurdish, and one whose first language was Arabic.

  Academic text (2007)

• The present constitution, adopted in 1982, contains a number of specific provisions that even seek to limit speaking and writing in Kurdish.

  Academic text (2004)

• Broadcasting in Kurdish is de facto illegal.

  Academic text (2000)

• Do you speak Kurdish?

  Five Minarets in New York (2010)

• Around 300,000 people from Kobani, most of whom were Kurdish, took shelter in Turkey when ISIS besieged the city in September 2014.

  Academic text (2017)

• Although Arabic became the official language of Iraq, Kurdish became a corollary official language in Sulaimaniya, and both Kurdish and Turkish became official languages in Kirkuk and Kifri.

  Academic text (2007)

• Many people around the world are beginning to learn Kurdish to connect with the culture and history of the Kurdish people.

Synonyms

K

Kurdish language

vsKurdish

1 5.1

A language spoken by Kurdish people in parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria

has identical meaning but explicitly uses the word language in form

Compounds

K

Kurdish language

1 5.1

A language spoken by Kurdish people in parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria

K

Kurdish Hezbollah

• NSFW

9.9

A Kurdish Sunni armed group that uses violence and wants an Islamic state under sharia

Surface Forms

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Etymology