Yazidi
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A person from a small religious community in northern Iraq
- noun
- /jəˈziːdi/
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yezidí
- Islamic State fighters killed scores, if not hundreds of Yazidi men before carrying off their relatives.
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Watch on YouTubeYou not only have Kurds, but you have Assyrians, you have Yazidi, you have Arabs.
- You not only have Kurds, but you have Assyrians, you have Yazidi, you have Arabs.
- But when you look at the, at the scope of how deep and in an intense the evil that ISIS was went, I mean, like, I never heard about the Yazidis here.
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Examples
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Many Yazidis have faced persecution due to their beliefs, particularly in recent years.
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I'm not sure about the Yazidis, but I would imagine it would be a somewhat similar situation.
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The Yazidis celebrate the festival of J'adore, which is an important part of their cultural heritage.
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A Yazidi community center was established to provide support and resources for members in the area.
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Etymology
Yazidi probably comes from the personal name Yazid or from Persian Yazdan meaning 'God', with the Kurdish form Êzidî. So a Yazidi is a person who belongs to that religious community.