peshmerga

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peshmerga

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

noun peshmergas · peshmarga · peshmerge

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

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noun a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters

Español	peshmerga
Português	peshmerga
Français	peshmerga
Ελληνικά	πεσμεργκά pesmergká
العربية	بِيشْمَرْكَة bīšmarka

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@misc{peshmerga_2026,
  title = {peshmerga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peshmerga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}