Yazidi

or Ye·zi·di

[ yuh-zee-dee ]

noun

1. a member of a religious sect living mostly in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Georgia, whose beliefs are based partly on Zoroastrianism and Sufism.

Other Words From

• Ya·zidism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yazidi¹

Of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

In the region of 70,000 Yazidi people are said to have sought asylum in Europe.

From Nautilus

The worldwide number of Yazidi is estimated to be fewer than 700,000.

From Nautilus

Nola’s family are Yazidi, an ethnic-minority people indigenous to Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

From Nautilus

He is also the reason that the Yazidi have been referred to as devil worshippers.

From Nautilus

Amidst panoramas of this desolate desert milieu, Hirori’s camera stays fixed on Mahmud as he and his cohorts drive into the al-Hol camp, guns drawn, under the shadow of night, searching urgently and methodically for imprisoned Yazidi women.

From The Daily Beast

Kurdish forces declared victory and freed Yazidi holdouts, with help from U.S. air power.

From The Daily Beast

Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq say they have freed about 100 Yazidi women.

From The Daily Beast

In August, the Obama administration intervened to stop what it called a pending genocide of Yazidi minorities in Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

Another Yazidi from Sebaya was killed by al Qaeda for working with the U.S. when he went to Mosul to apply for a passport.

From The Daily Beast

A group of Yazidi had been trapped by fighting in the village, which has a population of 1,200.

From The Daily Beast