Folio § bashur
Başûr
South (Southern Kurdistan)
The story of the name
Southern Kurdistan — the Iraqi part, today autonomous.
Etymology
Root: başûr · Kurmancî
Başûr — the south. Names Southern Kurdistan, the Kurdish-populated regions of northern Iraq, where Kurdish autonomous government has its longest contemporary continuity.
Name family
- Bakur · cognate
- Rojhilat · cognate
- Rojava · cognate
Updated: 2026-05-02