Kurdish-name

Origin of the Kurdish name

Asad Khailany, Dsc.

The name of Kurds appears in different forms in ancient historical records among them are:

The Sumerian - mentioned the land of Karda or Qarda and the people of Guti and their country Gutium.

The Babylonian - called Kurds Garda and Qarda.
The Assyrians - called Kurds Qurti and Guti.

The Greeks - called Kurds Karduch or Gorduch.
The Armenian - called Kurds Gortukh or Gortai-kh.
The Persian - called Kurds Gurd or Kurd.
The Syriac - used Qardu and Kurdaye.

The Hebrew and Chaldean - called Kurds Qurdaye.
The Aramaic and Nestorian - called Kurds Qadu.
The Arab writers of early Islamic rule used Kurd plural Akrad.
The European from seven century A.D. used Kurd for Kurds.