Kurmanji

English

Etymology

Northern Kurdish kurmancî.

Proper noun

Kurmanji

1. The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.

   Synonym: Northern Kurdish

Translations

Northern Kurdish

• Arabic: الكِرْمانْجِيّة f (al-kirmānjiyya)
• Bengali: কুরমাঞ্জী (kurmañji)
• Finnish: kurmandži (fi)
• French: kurmandji (fr) m, kourmandji m
• German: Kurmandschi (de) n
• Hungarian: kurmandzsi (hu)
• Irish: Curmainsis f
• Japanese: クルマンチュ語 (Kurumanchu-go)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کرمانجی (ckb) (kirmancî)

  Northern Kurdish: kurmancî (ku), kirmancî (ku)

• Turkish: Kurmançça

See also

• Central Kurdish/Sorani
• Southern Kurdish (Kermanshani/Kermanshahi)
• Zazaki

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kurmanji, kmr ⁠