حربجو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb, “war”) and Persian جو (ju, “seeking”).

Adjective

حربجو • (harbcu)

1. warlike, bellicose
   • 1912 April 27, Zugurt, caption below drawing of man with two faces:

     دیپلوماتلغك معناسی ایكی یوزلی‌لك دیمك ایمش : بر طرفه حسیات خالصانه ، دیكر طرفه اوامر حربجو یانه!

     Diplomatlığın manası iki yüzlülük demek imiş: bir tarafa hissiyat halisane, diğer tarafa evamir harbcu yane!

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Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “harbcu”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “harb”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1873