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Meaning of Kurdify | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈkɜːdɪfaɪ

Definitions

To make Kurdish.

Equivalents

العربية كرد

Examples

“The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Simitis, has already had to overcome charges of lack of patriotism, when he rejected the “so called super patriots” demand to “Kurdify Greek foreign policy.””
“In the general context of liberty, this subarticle addresses the widespread issue of smaller minorities being coerced to Arabize or Kurdify when seeking homes in particular provinces.”
“The chief of staff of the military, Fevzi Çakmak, had warned in 1930 that the Kurds in Erzincan were 'using Alevism to Kurdify currently Turkish villages and spread the Kurdish language', and that 'many Alevi Turkish villages that are by custom Turkish are abandoning their mother tongue and speaking Kurdish owing to the mentality that Alevism denotes Kurdishness'”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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