Yazidi

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noun

A member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.

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Meanings

nounYazidi (plural Yazidis or (rare) Yazidiz)

plural Yazidis · plural rare Yazidiz · alternative Izedi · alternative Yezdi · alternative Yezidee · alternative Yezidi · alternative Ezidi · alternative Eyzidi · alternative Yizidi · alternative Izidi · alternative Yesidi

  1. A member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.
adjectiveYazidi (comparative more Yazidi, superlative most Yazidi)

comparative more Yazidi · superlative most Yazidi · alternative Izedi · alternative Yezdi · alternative Yezidee · alternative Yezidi · alternative Ezidi · alternative Eyzidi · alternative Yizidi · alternative Izidi · alternative Yesidi

  1. Of or pertaining to the Yazidis or Yazidism.
proper noun

alternative Izedi · alternative Yezdi · alternative Yezidee · alternative Yezidi · alternative Ezidi · alternative Eyzidi · alternative Yizidi · alternative Izidi · alternative Yesidi

  1. Kurmanji, the Northern Kurdish language or dialect, as spoken by Yazidis (though sometimes, for ideological rather than authentically linguistic reasons, treated as a fully independent language).

    Synonyms: Ezdîkî

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounKurmanji, the Northern Kurdish language or dialect, as spoken by Yazidis (though sometimes, for ideological rather than authentically linguistic reasons, treated as a fully independent language).

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Origin

  1. Northern Kurdishêzidî
  2. Arabicيَزِيدِي
  3. EnglishYazidi

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

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Translations

Bengali ইয়েজীদী
  • ইয়েজীদী (iyezīdī)member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Finnish jesidi
  • jesidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
French Yézidi, Yézidie
  • Yézidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Yézidiemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • yézidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • yézidiemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Yazidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Yazidiemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • yazidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • yazidiemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
German Jeside, Jesidin
  • Jesidemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Jesidinmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Jezidemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Jezidinmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Yezidemember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Yezidinmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Irish Iasaídeach
  • Iasaídeachmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Persian ایزدی
  • ایزدی (izedi)member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Polish jezyd, Jezyd
  • jezydmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Jezydmember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • jezydkamember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • Jezydkamember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Portuguese iazidi, êzidi
  • iazidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
  • êzidimember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Russian ези́д
  • ези́д (jezíd)member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
Swedish yazidier
  • yazidiermember of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
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APA

Yazidi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazidi

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“Yazidi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazidi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yazidi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yazidi.

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