;Posted on 08/13/2014 5:29:22 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 13, 2014-- peshmerga
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peshmerga [peSHˈmərgə] (the “g” is hard, as in “give”)
noun
A member of a Kurdish nationalist guerrilla organization.
Origin: from Kurdish pêshmerge, from pêsh 'before' + merg 'death'. From Wikipedia:
Peshmerga or Peshmerge (Kurdish pronunciation [pɛʃmærˈɡæ]; Kurdish: پێشمەرگە Pêşmerge}, literally "those who confront death") is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. The Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan have been in existence since the advent of the Kurdish independence movement in the early 1920s, following the collapse of the Ottoman and Qajar empires which had jointly ruled over the area. Peshmerga forces include women in their ranks. Many Kurds will say that all Kurds willing to fight for their rights are Peshmerga. The term remains in contemporary usage, sometimes written as pesh merga in Anglophone media.[5] The Peshmerga has proven to be an effective army, providing security to all ethnicities. During the US led invasion of Iraq the Peshmerga helped the United States in their mission to capture Saddam Hussain.They also captured al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's messenger in 2004, which led to the slaying of Bin Laden. The term Peshmerga is also the official name of the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the autonomous Kurdistan Region.
Related forms
(plural same or peshmergas)
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Homework time. First Kurdish word (I think.)
I dated a Lebanese girl in college whose father was a Peshmerga soldier in the late 70s. He was a fierce man.
I married a girl whose father was Lebanese. Also pretty fierce, although not a peshmerga.
If they have a traumatic experience in combat, they go peshugganah.
The word does sound more than a little bit Yiddish, as in: "My son-in-law is such a peshmerga."
That should be A++. I’m a bit peshugganah myself this morning.
Pesh-merga (Kurdish word & pronunciation). Peesh-marga (Persian word & pronunciation). Both mean same thing, ‘near or face/confront death’. Btw, no need to add ‘s’ at the end. Merga or Marga is already plural both in Kurdish & Persian. Merg or Marg is the singular form.
Thank you for the edification.
:) most welcome
A++
She scared Michael Douglas away.
Great, and timely, WFTD choice!
Is that the column where she spent the whole time name dropping?
Thanks. The scenes of the Yazidis on the mountain are truly heartbreaking.
Welll, every time ya gonna get on dat dere expressway, ya gotta speed up in de entrance ramp, and then peshmerga into the traffic really smooth.
A++
Peshmerga with a Chicago accent.
Aloha! Been awake since 3 am here with the time change. Waiting for sunrise to walk on the beach. This place is spectacular.
Do some research into Obama’s birth records while you’re there.
If not, have a great time.
She’s looking kinda... Rough these days. That column is hilarious. I didn’t realize she had a hate on for hillary
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