noun
Meaning 1
A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
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peshmerga
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noun
Meaning 2
The official name of the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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noun
Meaning 3
a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
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Broader terms: Kurd
History
Etymology
From Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) / pêşmerge (literally “those who face death”), from pêş (“front”) + merg (“death”) + e (“is”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փեշմարգա (pʻešmarga) — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Finnish: peshmerga — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- French: peshmerga — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Greek: πεσμεργκά (pesmergká) — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Central Kurdish: پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Northern Kurdish: pêşmerge — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Persian: پیشمرگ (pišmarg) — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Persian: پیشمرگه (pišmarge) — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Portuguese: peshmerga — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Spanish: peshmerga — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
- Turkish: peşmerge — a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
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