peshmerga

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noun

A term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.

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Meanings

nounpeshmerga (plural peshmergas)

plural peshmergas · alternative peshmarga · alternative peshmerge

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

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic بِيشْمَرْكَة
  • بِيشْمَرْكَة (bīšmarka)a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Finnish peshmerga
  • peshmergaa term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
French peshmerga
  • peshmergaa term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Greek πεσμεργκά
  • πεσμεργκά (pesmergká)a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Persian پیشمرگ, پیشمرگه
  • پیشمرگ (pišmarg)a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
  • پیشمرگه (pišmarge)a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Portuguese peshmerga
  • peshmergaa term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Spanish peshmerga
  • peshmergaa term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Turkish peşmerge
  • peşmergea term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
Cite this entry
APA

peshmerga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peshmerga

MLA

“peshmerga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peshmerga. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peshmerga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peshmerga.

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