eşkıya
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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