eşkıya
See also: eşǩiya
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish اشقیا, from Arabic أَشْقِيَاء (ʔašqiyāʔ), plural of شَقِيّ (šaqiyy).
Noun edit
eşkıya (definite accusative eşkıyayı, plural eşkıyalar)
- bandit, brigand; bandits, brigands
- 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 84:
- O kuvvet gelince, tertibat alacak, hücum edecek, bu eşkıyayı püskürtecek ve yolu açacak imiş...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes edit
- Officially a plural form, it has been reinterpreted as singular.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşkıya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN