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单词 Yazidi
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Definition of Yazidi in English:

Yazidi

(also Yezidi)
nounPlural Yezidis, Plural Yazidis jəˈziːdiːjəˈzidi
  • A member of a Kurdish-speaking people living chiefly in Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Georgia and adhering to an ancient monotheistic religion.

    many Yazidis have recently moved to villages further west
    Karim is a Yazidi, a member of an ancient religious minority
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Yezidi honour sacred trees.
    • "There needs to be a place for the Christians, the Yazidis, the Assyrians and many, many others," he said.
    • Didn't Gurdjieff claim to have been taught by the Yezidi?
    • To sum up, the Yezidis' conception of a personal God is transcendental and static of the extreme type.
    • "I still don't know what happened to him," said Shamu, a 30-year-old Yazidi.
    • The mystical cult centre of the Yezidi is the Sephira Yesod or Yezod, the sphere of the moon, which is especially concerned with transformation.
    • The strongest punishment among Yazidis is expulsion, which means that your soul is lost forever.
    • His time with the Yezidis is not well-documented and there are lots of stories about the specifics, some of which are pretty fantastic.
    • Yezidi across the world number between 400,000 and 800,000.
adjective jəˈziːdiːjəˈzidi
  • Denoting or relating to the Yazidi.

    a Yazidi village
    the Yezidi religion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had been hearing about the Yezidi people who live in villages near Dohuk.
    • In fact the modern Yezidi religion, practiced by over 500,000, people embraces traditions that date back to the Bronze Age.
    • Mr. Rhodes noted his admiration for the resilience of the Yezidi community, which has endured for so many centuries.
    • The remaining people are divided into several ethnic groups, including Assyrian, Turkoman, Chaldean, Armenian, Yazidi, and Jewish.
    • He travelled in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, including the Yazidi region of Jabal Sinjar in the north-west, producing over 1,200 photographs.
    • There's not a lot of reliable info on Yezidi beliefs.
    • The hierarchical orders of the Yezidi sect are four.
    • There are other Yazidi communities in Europe, Russia, Syria and Turkey.
    • She had a background in the Kurdish Yazidi faith.
    • And let us celebrate New Year with our Yezidi sisters and brothers.
    • He grew up in a family of Yezidi Kurds in Tbilisi.

Derivatives

  • Yazidism

  • noun

Origin

Ottoman Turkish Yezidi and Persian Yazīdī, probably from the name of Yazīd b. Mu‘āwiya (644–83), the second caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, who is venerated by Yazidis as a founding figure of the religion.

 
 

Definition of Yazidi in US English:

Yazidi

(also Yezidi)
nounyəˈzēdējəˈzidi
  • A member of a Kurdish-speaking people living chiefly in Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Georgia and adhering to an ancient monotheistic religion.

    many Yazidis have recently moved to villages further west
    Karim is a Yazidi, a member of an ancient religious minority
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Didn't Gurdjieff claim to have been taught by the Yezidi?
    • "I still don't know what happened to him," said Shamu, a 30-year-old Yazidi.
    • The strongest punishment among Yazidis is expulsion, which means that your soul is lost forever.
    • To sum up, the Yezidis' conception of a personal God is transcendental and static of the extreme type.
    • The Yezidi honour sacred trees.
    • His time with the Yezidis is not well-documented and there are lots of stories about the specifics, some of which are pretty fantastic.
    • "There needs to be a place for the Christians, the Yazidis, the Assyrians and many, many others," he said.
    • The mystical cult centre of the Yezidi is the Sephira Yesod or Yezod, the sphere of the moon, which is especially concerned with transformation.
    • Yezidi across the world number between 400,000 and 800,000.
adjectiveyəˈzēdējəˈzidi
  • Denoting or relating to the Yazidi.

    a Yazidi village
    the Yezidi religion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr. Rhodes noted his admiration for the resilience of the Yezidi community, which has endured for so many centuries.
    • There are other Yazidi communities in Europe, Russia, Syria and Turkey.
    • And let us celebrate New Year with our Yezidi sisters and brothers.
    • The remaining people are divided into several ethnic groups, including Assyrian, Turkoman, Chaldean, Armenian, Yazidi, and Jewish.
    • She had a background in the Kurdish Yazidi faith.
    • There's not a lot of reliable info on Yezidi beliefs.
    • I had been hearing about the Yezidi people who live in villages near Dohuk.
    • In fact the modern Yezidi religion, practiced by over 500,000, people embraces traditions that date back to the Bronze Age.
    • He grew up in a family of Yezidi Kurds in Tbilisi.
    • The hierarchical orders of the Yezidi sect are four.
    • He travelled in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, including the Yazidi region of Jabal Sinjar in the north-west, producing over 1,200 photographs.

Origin

Ottoman Turkish Yezidi and Persian Yazīdī, probably from the name of Yazīd b. Mu‘āwiya (644–83), the second caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, who is venerated by Yazidis as a founding figure of the religion.

 
 
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