Where does “peşmerge” come from?

peşmerge (Turkish) comes from Northern Kurdish pêşmerge, from Northern Kurdish pêş, from Classical Persian پیش.

peşmerge (Turkish): peshmerga

Definitions

  1. peshmerga

Ancestry of “peşmerge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdishpêşmergepeshmerga
2Northern Kurdishpêşfront
3Classical Persianپیش—
Every word from Classical Persian پیش →Every word from Northern Kurdish pêş →Every word from Northern Kurdish pêşmerge →