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peshmerga

pesh·merga

uncommon

noun

1.

a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state

Origin

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

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