بلطجي

See also: بلطجى

Arabic

Etymology

From the dialects of the eastern Mediterranean, including Egyptian Arabic بلطجى (bálṭagi, thug), from Ottoman Turkish بالطه‌جی (baltacı, literally axeman). Related to Arabic بَلْطَة (balṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal.tˤa.d͡ʒijj/

Noun

بَلْطَجِيّ • (balṭajiyy) m (plural بَلْطَجِيُّونَ (balṭajiyyūna) or بَلَاطِجَة (balāṭija) or بَلْطَجِيَّة (balṭajiyya)) (countable, post-Classical)

  1. a thug

Declension

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