زیبك
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]زیبك • (zeybek) (plural زیبكلر (zeybekler))
- a Turkish tribe in the region of İzmir [subdued under Mehmed II]
- a kind of light infantryman [originally armed police forces of the Seljuk state]
- guerrillero, partisan, Robin Hood, vagabond, highland swashbuckler [after the Celali rebellions]
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: zeybek
- → Armenian: զեյպեկ (zeypek)
- → German: Zeibek
- → Russian: зейбек (zejbek)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
[edit]Zeybeks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zeybek (Titel) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Zeybek (unvan) on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia tr