Kurdish information

Look up Kurdish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kurdish may refer to: Kurds or Kurdish people Kurdish language Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) Central...

Kurdish people or Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern...

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern...

Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. 'land of the Kurds'; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural...

Kurdish cuisine (Kurdish: خواردنی کوردی or Xwarina Kurdî) consists of a wide variety of foods prepared by the Kurdish people. There are cultural similarities...

The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan...

Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds...

Kurdish is written using either of two alphabets: the Latin-based Bedirxan or Hawar alphabet, introduced by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932 and popularized...

Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنانی کورد, romanized: Jinên Kurd) have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish society and politics. In general, Kurdish...

Southern Kurdish (Sorani Kurdish: کوردی باشووری ,کوردی خوارین, romanized: Kurdî Başûrî, Kurdî Xwarîn) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken...

The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi-independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19th centuries during the state of continuous...

The Kurdish Mastiff, Assyrian Shepherd, or Pishdar dog (Kurdish: سەگی پشدەری) is a dog landrace native to the mountainous Kurdistan Region in Iraq. This...

Kurdish dances (Kurdish: Govend, Dîlan, Helperkê, Helperge, Şayî; دیلان, گۆڤەند, ھەڵپەڕگە, ھەڵپەڕکێ, شایی) are a group of traditional dances among Kurds...

Kurdistan Region (KRI; Sorani Kurdish: هەرێمی کوردستان, romanized: Herêmî Kurdistan; Kurmanji Kurdish: Herêma Kurdistanê; Arabic: إقليم كردستان) is an...

Kurdish Hezbollah (Kurdish: حیزبوڵڵای کورد, romanized: Hizbullahî Kurdî, Turkish: Kürt Hizbullahı) or Hizbullah, is a Kurdish Sunni Islamist militant...

or residing in the United States of Kurdish origin or those considered to be ethnic Kurds. The majority of Kurdish Americans are recent migrants from Turkey...

Kurdish Wikipedia (Kurmanji Kurdish: Wîkîpediya kurdî, Sorani Kurdish: ویکیپیدیای کوردی) refers to two Wikipedia editions which are written in two forms...

Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It...

Kurdish grammar has many inflections, with prefixes and suffixes added to roots to express grammatical relations and to form words. Among all modern Iranian...

Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped...

referred to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to predecessor...

Kurdish Muslims (Kurdish: موسڵمانی کورد; Musilmanên Kurd) are Kurds who follow Islam, which is the largest religion among Kurds and has been for centuries...

Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' or Elewîtî) refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses...

The Peshmerga (Kurdish: پێشمەرگه Pêşmerge, transl. 'Those Who Face Death') comprise the standing military of Kurdistan Region, an autonomous political...

Kurdish separatism in Iran or the Kurdish–Iranian conflict is an ongoing, long-running, separatist dispute between the Kurdish opposition in Western Iran...

The Kurdish or Kurdish chronology is based on the solar Hijri calendar, and since its origin is usually the establishment of the Medes' rule in Iran or...