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peshmerga::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | kurd |
Examples of peshmerga
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Outside a church in which Christians practiced carols, we met Hawar, a peshmerga.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some Kurdish peshmerga soldiers tried to stop men looting an oil refinery office.
From the time.com
There have been standoffs between Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Kurdish militia, the peshmerga, is estimated to number upwards of 50,000.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Iraqi army and the Kurdish peshmerga came close to a firefight a few months back.
From the newsweek.com
As for the north, the Kurds have long relied on their own peshmerga forces.
From the economist.com
It was closed, guarded by two peshmerga officers cradling Kalashnikovs.
From the guardian.co.uk
Six died at the scene and two injured peshmerga died later in a hospital.
From the al.com
In March 1947, the Barzani peshmerga faced their Iranian foes once again.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
- Peshmerga (Kurdish: u067Eu06CEu0634u0645u06D5u0631u06AFu06D5 Pu00EAu015Fmerge, Kurdish pronunciationu00A0) are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Peshmerga means "one who confronts death" or "one who faces death". "Pesh" means to stand in front of (loosely translated as to confront or face) while "merga" means death. The overall formal head of the peshmerga is the President of Iraqi Kurdistan...
- Kurdish fighters who have battled the Iraqi regime for generations. They fought with coalition troops on the northern front in the 2003 Iraqi war.
