Kurdish Hezbollah
- proper noun
- NSFW
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Hezbollah kurdo
- Kurdish Hezbollah has carried out bombings in various cities across Turkey as part of its campaign for an Islamic state.
Examples
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The Turkish government launched several operations against Kurdish Hezbollah in the early 2000s.
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Journalists reporting on Kurdish Hezbollah faced significant risks due to the group's violent activities.
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Kurdish Hezbollah was known to have received support from Iran during its campaign against secular authorities.
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The Kurdish Hezbollah has been involved in numerous violent conflicts.
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Many reports detail the activities of Kurdish Hezbollah in Turkey.
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Members of Kurdish Hezbollah have been accused of assassinating political opponents in southeastern Turkey.
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The rise of Kurdish Hezbollah led to increased violence and instability in the region during the 1990s.
Synonyms
A violent Kurdish Sunni group in southeastern Turkey that tries to make a state under Islamic law
Surface Forms
Morphology
Kurdish + Hezbollah
The phrase is built from an ethnic adjective plus a proper name, so a learner who knows 'Kurdish' and recognizes 'Hezbollah' as the name of an organization can infer it refers to a Kurdish branch or group called Hezbollah. However, the specific attributes (that it is a Sunni militant organization in southeastern Turkey with a particular history and violent activities) are not derivable from the words themselves and require background knowledge. Because the composition gives a partial clue but not the full, specific meaning, it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Kurdish Hezbollah combines Kurdish (showing the group's Kurdish identity) and Hezbollah, which literally means 'Party of God' in Arabic. This name paints a simple picture of a Kurdish group that saw itself as religious fighters wanting rule by 'Islamic law', which helps explain why the group used violence to try to change the government.
