پیشمرگه

Persian

Alternative forms

• پیش‌مرگه (piš-marge), پیشمرگ (pišmarg), پیش‌مرگ (piš-marg)

Etymology

Borrowed from Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge). Analysable within Persian as پیش (piš) +‎ مرگ (marg) +‎ ه (e), literally “facing death”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [peːʃ.maɾ.ɡa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.mäɾ.ɡä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.mäɾ.ɡä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.mäɾ.ɡä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeːʃ.mäɾ.ɡä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːʃ.mæɹ.ɡʲe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeʃ.mäɾ.ɡä]

Readings
Classical reading?	pēšmarga
Dari reading?	pēšmarga
Iranian reading?	pišmarge
Tajik reading?	pešmarga

Noun

پیشمرگه • (pišmarge, pešmerge) (plural پیشمرگه‌ها (pišmarge, pešmerge-hâ))

1. Peshmerga (Kurdish fighter)