Where does “কুর্দী” come from?
কুর্দী (Bengali) comes from Persian کردی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
কুর্দী (Bengali): Kurdish, Kurdistani
Definitions
- Kurdish, Kurdistani
Ancestry of “কুর্দী”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | کردی | Kurdish; second-person singular past indicative... |
| 2 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 3 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |