Etymology

Yazidi

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Today it means: A member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus. Full definition →

Arabic يَزِيدِي ← Northern Kurdish êzidî
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  1. Northern Kurdish · derived fromêzidî
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromيَزِيدِي
  3. English todayYazidi

From Arabic يَزِيدِي (yazīdī), from Northern Kurdish êzidî.

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