Kurmanji

English

Etymology

Northern Kurdish kurmancî.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kɚˈmɑn.dʒi/, /ˈkɚ.mæn.dʒi/

Proper noun

Kurmanji

The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.
Synonym: Northern Kurdish

Translations

Northern Kurdish

Arabic: الكِرْمانْجِيّة f (al-kirmānjiyya)
Bengali: কুরমাঞ্জী (kurmañji)
Finnish: kurmandži (fi)
French: kurmandji (fr) m, kourmandji m
German: Kurmandschi (de) n
Hungarian: kurmandzsi (hu)
Irish: Curmainsis f
Japanese: クルマンチュ語 (Kurumanchu-go)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کرمانجی (ckb) (kirmancî)

Northern Kurdish: kurmancî (ku), kirmancî (ku)
Turkish: Kurmançça

See also

Central Kurdish/Sorani
Southern Kurdish (Kermanshani/Kermanshahi)
Zazaki

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Kurmanji, kmr ⁠

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