Cwrdistan

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === Cwrdistân === Etymology === Borrowed from English Kurdistan. By surface analysis, Cwrd (“Kurd”) +‎ -istan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʊrdɪstan/, /kʊrdɪsˈtaːn/ === Proper noun === Cwrdistan f Kurdistan (a cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria) (by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region) (by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region) ==== Related terms ==== Cwrdaidd (“Kurdish”, adjective) Cwrdeg (“Kurdish language”) === Mutation === === References === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Cwrdistan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies