Noun
Yazidi (plural Yazidis)
member of a Kurdish-speaking people of northern Iraq, Armenia and Caucasus, whose religion is Yazidism
According to the Guardian, al-Quraishi played a pivotal role in the genocide and enslavement of the Yazidi minority in Iraq. Source: Internet
According to Yazidi beliefs, God created the world but left it in the care of seven holy beings or angels. Source: Internet
Additionally, some U.S. and Kurdish forces did assist some Yazidi people to escape capture. Source: Internet
“I’m sorry, I have to go fast now,” the driver said, revving up the engine until they were tearing through at 100 m.p.h. Yazidi guerrillas were now taking refuge in the highlands and were known to take aim at the traffic down below. Source: Internet
Since 2014, ISIS, called Daesh in Iraq, has terrorized the Yazidi area of northern Iraq by killing men who will not convert to Islam and kidnapping women and children. Source: Internet
As a Yazidi he says he feels like a second-class citizen in Iraq. Source: Internet