KURDISH • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Kurdish

... constant wars in the East and West must have filled the market with foreign captives. The white slaves brought from Kurdistan and the north were especially prized. Thus in the reign of Ammi-Zadok, the fourth successor of Khammurabi, some "white Kurdish slaves" were sold for 3 homers and 24{VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS} qas of oil, which were valued at 20{VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS} shekels, and in the time of his son Samsu-ditana "a white slave" ...

— Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs • Rev. A. H. Sayce