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Kurd

  [kurd, koord; Pers. koord]
–noun
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
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Origin:
1610–20
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Kurd   (kûrd, kŏŏrd)   
n.  A member of a pastoral and agricultural people inhabiting the transnational region of Kurdistan in southwest Asia.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Kurd 
1616, the people's self-designation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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