Etymograph

English

Yazidi

Yazidi comes from Northern Kurdish êzidî.

  1. Northern Kurdishmodernêzidî
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentيَزِيدِيyazīdī
  3. EnglishtodayYazidi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Northern Kurdishmodernêzidî
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentيَزِيدِيyazīdī
  3. EnglishtodayYazidi

Every English word from Northern Kurdish êzidî

Today it means

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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Northern Kurdish êzidî / Yazidi

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