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peshmerga

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
pesh-mer-ga
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.

noun

The official name of the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

peshmergas (plural) peshmarga (alternative) peshmerge (alternative)

Questions

What does peshmerga mean?
A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
Where does peshmerga come from?
Borrowed from Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) / pêşmerge (literally “those who face death”), from pêş (“front”) + merg (“death”) + e (“is”).

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