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

  1. Kurdish, Kurdistani

Ancestry of “কুর্দী”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianکردیKurdish; second-person singular past indicative...
2PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3Middle Persian-yk'
4Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Middle Persian -yk'Every word from Persian ـی