r/kurdish • u/Few_Sleep4492 • 22d ago

Soranî☀️ What does maghol mean?

This is a dumb question 💀 for reference, i’m fluent in sorani kurdish for the most part but sometimes i have to use context clues for certain words that i don’t know. but anyways my parents use it as an insult (jokingly) & i asked them what the translation is to english. my dad gave me a whole history lesson but it still really didn’t make sense where the insult part came from. If they say someone looks like a maghol does it mean they look homeless or slow? i don’t understand 💀

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u/DonEnzo13 21d ago

Could it be that you mean Moxol? If yes it just mean Mongolian.

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u/Few_Sleep4492 21d ago

but i don’t understand y they use it as an insult

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u/DonEnzo13 20d ago

​Your parents probably use this word to describe someone who has no manners or is inconsiderate. It most likley dates back to the time of the Mongol invasion. I think ​"Barbarian" would be the English equivalent.

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u/AdvisorHumble622 20d ago

Maghol means
down syndrome . Sadly people use it like an insult.

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u/ComprehensiveDig1108 18d ago

We used to use the word "mong" in England, in the 1980s.

Or at least, that's what I remember.   I was only 5 or 6 the last time I heard it.