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Yazidi

Yazidi noun: a member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.

Noun

Yazidi (plural Yazidis or (rare) Yazidiz)

  1. A member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.

Adjective

Yazidi (comparative more Yazidi, superlative most Yazidi)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Yazidis or Yazidism.

Proper noun

Yazidi

  1. Kurmanji, the Northern Kurdish language or dialect, as spoken by Yazidis (though sometimes, for ideological rather than authentically linguistic reasons, treated as a fully independent language).
    Synonyms:
    Ezdîkî

Yazidi meaning in Bengali and Persian

Yazidi in Bengali

member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
ইয়েজীদী iyezīdī

Yazidi in Persian

member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, whose religion is Yazidism
ایزدی izedi

Synonyms of Yazidi

Forms of Yazidi

Noun
pluralYazidis
alternative formIzedi
alternative formYezdi
alternative formYezidee
alternative formYezidi
alternative formEzidi
alternative formEyzidi
alternative formYizidi
alternative formIzidi
alternative formYesidi
plural (rare)Yazidiz
Adjective
comparativemore Yazidi
superlativemost Yazidi

Origin of Yazidi

From Arabic يَزِيدِي (yazīdī), from Northern Kurdish êzidî.

Questions about Yazidi

What does Yazidi mean?
Yazidi means a member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.
What is Yazidi in Bengali?
Yazidi in Bengali is ইয়েজীদী (iyezīdī). See Yazidi meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Yazidi?
Yazidi can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Yazidi?
The plural of Yazidi is Yazidis.

Words near Yazidi in the dictionary

  1. Yazgulyam
  2. Yazgulyami
  3. yazh
  4. Yazhou
  5. yazhs
  6. Yazidi
  7. yazidiat
  8. Yazidiness
  9. Yazidis
  10. Yazidism
  11. yazidiyat

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