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  • noun member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, Armenia and Caucasus, whose religion is Yazidism

Etymologies

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From Kurdish ئێزیدی.

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Examples

  • Minorities such as Coptic Christians in Egypt or the Chaldeans and Yazidi in Iraq are being punished or driven out.

    Tolerance at Ground Zero 2010

  • Dua Khalil, who was of the Yazidi faith, had been seen in the company of a Sunni Muslim, and possibly suspected of having married him or converted.

    Easter Lemming Liberal News 2007

  • Until the invasion of Iraq, for instance, I had never heard of the Yazidi.

    Necropolis Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • Dua Khalil, who was of the Yazidi faith, had been seen in the company of a Sunni Muslim, and possibly suspected of having married him or converted.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The Imam had requested the Yazidi forces water to quench the thirst of Ali Asghar, but Arab barbarism was very inhuman and base viciously anti -human instead of water the childs throat was pierced with a heavy duty arrow used for hunting wild life.

    The Cradle of Ali Asghar « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • A victim of Yazidi genocide, and Yazid was a war criminal and so were those Muslims who stood silent and supported him ,fearing for their lives.

    The Cradle of Ali Asghar « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • Not included here, however, is the massacre of 175 civilians in the Yazidi community in Iraq.

    Paul Krassner: A**holes of the Week #6 2008

  • For the Shias all road led towards Amin Imambada for the Juloos organized by the migrant Iranians , in the form of a passion play depicting scenes between Imam Hussain and Shimr the Commander of the Yazidi forces of the Ummayad Caliphate.

    Ashura Amin Imam Bada 2008 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • Mostly Sunni (there are Kurdish Shi'a, Alevi, Yazidi, Jews, Zoroastrians, Christians, etc), they are known to hold their Islam with a light touch.

    Janet Ritz: Who are the Kurds? 2008

  • The Iraqi Yazidi minority was the target of the worst single terrorist attack since the U. S.-led invasion, when four suicide truck bombings killed more than 500 in August.

    Ilan Goldenberg: NSN Iraq Daily Update 12/11/07 2008

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