Cwrdistan

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kurdistan. By surface analysis, Cwrd (“Kurd”) +‎ -istan.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Cwrdistan f

Kurdistan

Related terms

Cwrdaidd (“Kurdish”, adjective)
Cwrdeg (“Kurdish language”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Cwrdistan*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cwrdistan	Gwrdistan	Nghwrdistan	Chwrdistan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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