kurdisks

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kurds (Kurd) +‎ -isks.

Adjective[edit]

kurdisks (definite kurdiskais, comparative kurdiskāks, superlative viskurdiskākais, adverb kurdiski)

  1. Kurdish (relating to the Kurdish language; relating to Kurds)
    ielās, neskaitot turku valodu, dzirdējām ļaudis runājam arābiski, kurdiski un asīriskion the streets, besides Turkish, we saw people speaking Arabic, Kurdish, and Assyrian

Usage notes[edit]

English “Kurdish” as an attributive adjective usually corresponds in Latvian to kurdu, the genitive plural form of kurds. The adjective kurdisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Kurdish”), or in its adverbial form kurdiski.

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