Word: Kurdistan
Part of speech: Proper noun
Syllables: kur
di
stan
Definition: Proper noun~ A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Morphemes:
Affix: Kurd
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.
Affix: -i-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -i-
Language: la
Decoded: -i-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Connecting vowel inserted between a stem and a suffix in compound words.
Affix: -stan
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.