haydut

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish حیدود (haydut), from Hungarian hajdúk. Doublet of hödük (“boor, peasant”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

haydut (definite accusative haydudu, plural haydutlar)

  1. thug, bandit, robber

Descendants[edit]

  • → Armenian: հայտուտ (haytut) — Constantinople

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حیدود”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 523
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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