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nounan Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russiatype of:
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of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture
Definition that contains kurdish
- ppk a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
- peshmerga a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
- kurdistan workers party a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
- partiya karkeran kurdistan a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
- turkish hizballah an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran
- pesh merga a Kurdish guerrilla force in Iraqi Kurdistan
- kurdistan labor pary a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey