Jash (term)

Jash
Origin/etymology	Kurdish
Meaning	Traitor, Collaborator
Original form	جەحش (Cehş)
Context	Derogatory term in Kurdish culture

Jash (Kurdish: جاش, Caş; from جەحش, Cehş; meaning 'donkey foal')^[1] is a Kurdish term for a traitor, or a collaborator.^[2] It refers to Kurds who are either fully loyal to the enemy, or cooperate with the enemy against the Kurdish nation, Kurdish militant groups, or Kurdish political interests.^[2]^[3]^[4] The term is considered derogatory in a cultural sense,^[2] in much the same way as the use of the term quisling in the Western world.

The National Defense Battalions, the Village Guards, and the Muslim Peshmerga are considered "jash" by some Kurds.

^ ھەژار، ھەنبانە بۆرینە، تاران، چاپەمەنیی سرووش، pp. 153, ISBN 978-964-376-516-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c McDowall, David (May 15, 2004). A Modern History of the Kurds : Third Edition (Third ed.). I.B.Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-416-6.
^ Prunhuber, Carol (January 21, 2010). The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-7816-0.
^ Mackey, Sandra (2003). The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32428-1.

[1] ھەژار، ھەنبانە بۆرینە، تاران، چاپەمەنیی سرووش، pp. 153, ISBN 978-964-376-516-3.

[mcdowall-2] McDowall, David (May 15, 2004). A Modern History of the Kurds : Third Edition (Third ed.). I.B.Tauris. ISBN 1-85043-416-6.

[Prunhuber-3] Prunhuber, Carol (January 21, 2010). The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-7816-0.

[Mackey2003-4] Mackey, Sandra (2003). The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32428-1.

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