کردستان

See also: كردستان

Persian

Etymology

From کرد +‎ ـستان.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kuɾ.dis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾ.d̪is.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoɹ.d̪es.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuɾ.d̪is.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	kurdistān
Dari reading?	kurdistān
Iranian reading?	kordestân
Tajik reading?	kurdiston

Proper noun

Dari	کردستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Курдистон

کردستان • (kordestân)

1. Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
2. (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
3. (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

Urdu

Picture dictionary

کردستان

ترکی

قبرص

لبنان

شام

فلسطین

اسرائیل

اُردن

مصر

کردستان

عراق

کویت

ایران

سعودی
عرب

بحرین

قطر

متحدہ عرب امارات

عمان

یمن

شام

شام

اسرائیل

اسرائیل

گلیل

گلیل

ہندوستان

ہندوستان

Etymology

From کرد (Kurd) +‎ ـستان (-istān, “land of...”), or possibly borrowed from Classical Persian کردستان (kurdistān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊɾ.d̪ɪs.t̪ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: کُرْ‧دِسْ‧تان

Proper noun

کُرْدِسْتان • (kurdistān) m (Hindi spelling कुर्दिस्तान)

1. Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)
2. (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)
3. (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

See also

• (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}