"Kurdistan" meaning in Northern Kurdish

See Kurdistan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kʰʊɾdɪˈstɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn Etymology: kurd (“Kurdish”) + -istan (“land of”) Etymology templates: {{af|kmr|kurd|-istan|t1=Kurdish|t2=land of}} kurd (“Kurdish”) + -istan (“land of”) Head templates: {{kmr-proper noun|f|ar=کوردستان|head=K’urdistan}} K’urdistan f (Arabic spelling کوردستان) Inflection templates: {{kmr-decl-noun|f|s}} Forms: K’urdistan [canonical, feminine], کوردستان [Arabic], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kurdistan [nominative, singular], Kurdistana [construct, singular], Kurdistanê [oblique, singular], wê Kurdistanê [error-unrecognized-form, singular], Kurdistanê [singular, vocative], Kurdistanek [nominative, singular], Kurdistaneke [construct, singular], Kurdistanekê [oblique, singular]
  1. Kurdistan (A cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria) Categories (place): Geographic and cultural areas of Asia, Places in Iran, Places in Iraq, Places in Syria, Places in Turkey
    Sense id: en-Kurdistan-kmr-name-4p9qcr-K Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Iran, Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq, Geographic and cultural areas of Syria, Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header, Northern Kurdish links with redundant alt parameters, Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters, Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 7 8 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header: 46 48 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish links with redundant alt parameters: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan: 46 47 7
  2. (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region) Tags: broadly Categories (place): Places in Iraq
    Sense id: en-Kurdistan-kmr-name-48v6mZ82 Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header, Northern Kurdish links with redundant alt parameters, Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters, Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 7 8 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header: 46 48 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish links with redundant alt parameters: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters: 46 47 7 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -istan: 46 47 7
  3. (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region) Tags: broadly Categories (place): Places in Iran, Provinces of Iran
    Sense id: en-Kurdistan-kmr-name-BzflqxGh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kurdistanî Related terms: kurd, kurdane, kurdayetî, kurdewarî, kurdolog, kurdolojî, kurdî, kurdîaxêv, kurdîzan
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