peshmerga

peshmerga

English

Alternative forms

• peshmarga
• peshmerge

Etymology

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

Noun

peshmerga (plural peshmergas)

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

Translations

a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: փեշմարգա (pʿešmarga) Finnish: peshmerga (fi)

Kurdish: pêşmerge (ku), پێشمه‌رگه‌‎ (ku) (pêşmerge) Persian: پیشمرگ‎ (pišmarg), پیشمرگه‎ (pišmarge) Portuguese: peshmerga m pl

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French

Noun

peshmerga m (plural peshmergas)

1. peshmerga

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Peshmerga

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ʃi.ˈmɛʁ.ɡɐ/

Noun

peshmerga m pl (plural only)

1. peshmerga (the armed militia of Iraqi Kurdistan)

Adjective

peshmerga (invariable, not comparable)

1. relating or belonging to the peshmerga

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Spanish

Noun

peshmerga m or f (plural peshmergas)

1. peshmerga