Yezidi Definition
yĕzĭ-dē
yazidi, yazidis, yezidis
noun
A member of a Kurdish-speaking group who practice Yezidism and live predominantly in Iraq, Syria, and southeast Turkey.
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Other Word Forms of Yezidi
Noun
Singular:
Yezidi
Plural:
yezidisOrigin of Yezidi
Arabic Yazīdī Kurdish Êzîdî probably after the second Umayyad caliph Yazīd ibn Mu‘awīya (645–683), revered by Yezidis as an important propagator of Yezidism
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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