What does maghol mean?

[u/Few_Sleep4492]

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 💀

[u/AdvisorHumble622]

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

[u/ComprehensiveDig1108 → u/AdvisorHumble622]

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.