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Etymology [edit]
From Hindi (thuggee) (or ठग्गी (tuggee)), from Marathi (thag, “thief”), (thak, “swindler”), from Sanskrit स्थग (sthaga, “cunning, fraudulent”), from स्थगति (sthagati, “to cover, conceal”) Thuggee was an Indian network of secret fraternities who were engaged in murdering and robbing travellers and known for strangling their victims, operating from the 17th century (possibly as early as 13th century) to the 19th century. During British Imperial rule of India, many Indian words passed into common English, and in 1810 thug referred to members of these Indian gangs. The sense was adopted more generally as "ruffian, cutthroat" by 1839.
Pronunciation [edit]
thug (plural thugs)
- A criminal with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire.
- (dated) One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
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Translations [edit]
a criminal who treats others violently or roughly
- Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
- Afrikaans: rampokker (af)
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: بلطجي (ar) (balṭaji) m
- Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak), մարդասպան (hy) (mardaspan)
- Avar: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: главорез (bg) (glavoréz) m, разбойник (bg) (razbójnik) m
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 惡棍 (cmn), 恶棍 (cmn) (ègùn), 暴徒 (cmn) (bàotú), 歹徒 (cmn) (dǎitú)
- Dutch: schoelie (nl), schurk (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: roisto (fi), väkivaltarikollinen (fi), rosvo (fi)
- French: bandit (fr) m
- Georgian: ჩხუბისთავი (ka) (čxubist‘avi), ყაჩაღი (ka) (q‘ačaġi)
- German: Rowdy (de) m
- Greek: κακοποιός (el) (kakopoiós) c
- Hebrew: בִּרְיוֹן (he) (biryón) m, (flowerly) אִישׁ זְרוֹעַ (he) (ish zróa) m
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
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- Hungarian: orgyilkos (hu), bandita (hu)
- Italian: delinquente (it) m, teppista (it) m and f
- Japanese: 凶悪犯 (ja) (kyōakuhan), ちんぴら (ja) (chinpira), 殺し屋 (ja) (goroshiya), サグ (ja) (sagu)
- Jèrriais: poltron m
- Korean: 폭력배 (ko) (pongnyeokbae) (暴力輩 (ko))
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: اراذل (fa) (arâzel) pl, اراذل و اوباش (fa) (arâzel-o-obâš) pl
- Polish: zbir, bandyta, rzezimieszek, zbój m
- Portuguese: bandido (pt) m, facínora (pt) m, malfeitor (pt) m
- Russian: убийца (ru) (ubíjca) m, головорез (ru) (golovoréz) m, разбойник (ru) (razbójnik) m
- Serbo-Croatian: razbojnik (sh), разбојник (sh) m
- Sotho: tsotsi (st)
- Spanish: matón (es) m
- Swedish: gangster (sv) c, bandit (sv) c, skurk (sv) c, bov (sv) c
- Thai: นักเลงโต (nák-leeng dtoh), นักเลง (nák-leeng)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: haydut (tr), eşkıya (tr)
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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Pronunciation [edit]
thug
- past tense of tabhair
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
thug
- past tense of thoir
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