Kurdish

noun

Kurd·​ish ˈku̇r-dish  ˈkər- 

: the Iranian language of the Kurds

Examples of Kurdish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As of May 21, the local Kurdish Rudaw Media Network tallied 855 drone and missile attacks against Iraqi Kurdistan since February 28. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

The Iraqis, meanwhile, have been cruel to their partners — Americans and the KRG [Kurdish Regional Government], as this war has shown — and now Washington is drawing a red line. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

At least six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed in an Iranian missile attack on a base north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, local officials said Tuesday, in the first direct Iranian attack on Peshmerga forces in Iraq. — Moriah Thomas, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026

In March, the old town of Akre is the centre of Kurdish Newroz festivities, when hundreds of people carry flaming torches up the hillside in a boisterous, joyous celebration of the New Year. — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026

War would also mean no deliberate, orderly transfer of some 12,000 Islamic State detainees from Kurdish to Syrian state prisons. — Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025

Here, authority speaks Kurdish, clinging to autonomy and resisting integration into greater Aleppo. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above