English Explanatory Dictionary

peshmerga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
  2. The official name of the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Word forms

peshmerga peshmergas peshmarga peshmerge

Etymology

From Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) / pêşmerge (literally “those who face death”), from pêş (“front”) + merg (“death”) + e (“is”).

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