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Kurd - 4 dictionary results

Kurd

[kurd, koord; Pers. koord]
–noun
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.

Origin:
1610–20
Kurd   (kûrd, kŏŏrd)   
n.  A member of a pastoral and agricultural people inhabiting the transnational region of Kurdistan in southwest Asia.

Kurd

Kurd\, n. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies. [Written also Koord.]

Kurd 
1616, the people's self-designation.
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