"peshmerga" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peshmergas [plural]
Etymology: From Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) / pêşmerge (literally “those who face death”), from pêş (“front”) + merg (“death”) + e (“is”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ckb|پێشمەرگە}} Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) Head templates: {{en-noun}} peshmerga (plural peshmergas)
  1. A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. Translations (a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters): փեշմարգա (pʻešmarga) (Armenian), پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) (Central Kurdish), peshmerga (Finnish), pêşmerge (Northern Kurdish), پیشمرگ (pišmarg) (Persian), پیشمرگه (pišmarge) (Persian), peshmerga [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), peşmerge (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-peshmerga-en-noun-bnesSvdB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Northern Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 67 11 8 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 8 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters': 98 2
  2. The official name of the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
    Sense id: en-peshmerga-en-noun-QlTXuKUa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peshmarga, peshmerge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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