KURDISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kurdish mean? 

• KURDISH (noun)
  The noun KURDISH has 1 sense:

1. an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia

  Familiarity information: KURDISH used as a noun is very rare.

• KURDISH (adjective)
  The adjective KURDISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture

  Familiarity information: KURDISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURDISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Kurdish" is a kind of...):

Iranian; Iranian language (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)

• KURDISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Kurdish Moslems

Pertainym:

Kurdistan (an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus)