بلطجى

From Ottoman Turkish بالطه‌جی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”). Composed of بالطه (“axe”) and جی (“a suffix denoting a profession or occupation”). See Baltacı.

Equivalent to بلطة (bálṭa) +‎ ـجى (-gi).

• IPA^(key): [bɑlˈtˤɑɡi]

بلطجى • (balṭági) m (plural بلطجيّة (balṭagíyya)) (countable)

1. a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan

   ده لازم يتحاكم البلطجى ده. الولد اللى اتقتل ده ذنبه ايه؟ بجد والله شئ محزن.

   da lā́zim yitḥā́kim il-balṭági da. il-wálad ílli tʾátal da zámbu ʾē? bi-gad wa-lláhi šēʾ múḥzin.

   He must be prosecuted, that thug! That boy that was killed, what did he do wrong? I swear to God this is something really saddening.

   من داخلية مصر لداخلية السودان مفرقناش كتير كلهم شوية بلطجية.

   min daḵlíyyit maṣr li-daḵlíyyit is-sudā́n mafarraʾnā́š kitī́r kullúhum šiwáyyit balṭagíyya.

   Between the Egyptian police and the Sudanese police, there is not much of a distinction; all of them are a bunch of thugs.

   1. a bully

      لازم نحرس منه دا واد بلطجى.

      lā́zim niḥárras minnu da wād balṭági.

      We must watch for him, that kid is a bully.

2. (obsolete, military) a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire)