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    Posted: 04-Nov-2006 at 13:33

Can you translate this phrase please?

GYAN-AVSPAR PESHMERGA.
 
I know they were cataphracts of the Sassanid Army during the 5th and 6th century.
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GYAN-AVSPAR mean the Sacrificers of their lives in Pahlavi.They are also known colloquially as the Peshmerga.The Gyan-avspar should be a no nonsense combat unit. Chosen for their bravery rather than nobility or Family ties they do not have to impress men with their status, only their fighting ability.
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Gyan means soul  (Still gyan in Kurdish tongues and now jan in Persian)

avspar: horsemen 
peeshmarg-ha: equivalent of immortal.
 
Peshmerga simply means prior-dyers.  So they will die prior to their cause or their lord. Kurdish soldiers call themselves by this name still, though not many non-Iranian Kurds know what it means exactly.


Edited by Zagros - 04-Nov-2006 at 14:40
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