Kurdish

noun

Kurd·​ish ˈku̇r-dish  ˈkər- 

: the Iranian language of the Kurds

Examples of Kurdish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Erdogan lifted the ban on Kurdish language, allowed the Kurds to teach in their mother tongue, and set up radio and television networks to broadcast in Kurdish. — Ragip Soylu, Time, 18 July 2025

Around 10 percent of the population in Iran identifies as Kurdish, roughly between 8 and 12 million people. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025

How Drones Are Changing Modern Warfare On October 2, 2016, a drone fitted with explosives by the Islamic State group hit a position outside Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, Erbil, killing two Kurdish Peshmerga troops and injuring two accompanying French special forces. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

Mark Carney Wins New Term as Prime Minister Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep By Alissa J. Rubin and Daniel Berehulak Page A6 After Federal Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp By David A. Fahrenthold and Maddie McGarvey Page A11 Albuquerque Has a Crime Problem. — Devlin Barrett Doug Mills Tyler Hicks Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above