Kurdish

Kurdish
/kerr"dish, koor"-/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Kurds or their language.
2. of or pertaining to Kurdistan, its people, or their language.
n.
3. the language of the Kurds, an Iranian language.
[1805-15; KURD + -ISH1]

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