Peshmerga
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
- 2 a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state wordnet
- 3 The official name of the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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From Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge) / pêşmerge (literally “those who face death”), from pêş (“front”) + merg (“death”) + e (“is”).