Kürdistan

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish كوردستان (Kürdistan). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Kürdistan 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) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ====