زوربهلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زوربه (zorba, “rebel; extorter, oppressor”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, luk).

Noun

زوربهلق • (zorbalık)

oppression, violence, extortion
mutiny, rebellion, organized riot

Descendants

Turkish: zorbalık

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zorbalık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5497
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوربهلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 650
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوربهلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019

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