Peschmerga

German

Alternative forms

• Peschmerge

Etymology

Borrowed from Central Kurdish پێشمەرگە (pêşmerge). The use of -a for the final vowel is probably influenced by other European languages (including English) where this is done to avoid a fronted pronunciation of the letter -g-. The Kurdish vowel is the same in the last two syllables (phonetically [æ]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʃˈmɛrɡa/, /ˌpeːʃ-/

• Audio:

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Noun

Peschmerga m (strong, genitive Peschmergas or Peschmerga, plural Peschmerga or Peschmergas or Peschmergen or Peschmerge)

1. Peshmerga (Kurdish fighter)

Usage notes

• The form Peschmerge seems to be somewhat more common in the plural than the singular, meaning that there is probably a false belief among some language users that it is a plural form (likely based on the Italian plural formation as in pizza → pizze).

Declension

Declension of Peschmerga [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Peschmerga	die	Peschmerga, Peschmergas, Peschmergen, Peschmerge
genitive	eines	des	Peschmergas, Peschmerga	der	Peschmerga, Peschmergas, Peschmergen, Peschmerge
dative	einem	dem	Peschmerga	den	Peschmerga, Peschmergas, Peschmergen
accusative	einen	den	Peschmerga	die	Peschmerga, Peschmergas, Peschmergen, Peschmerge