هایطه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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Noun

هایطه • (hayta)

brigand, bandit, one who robs others in a lawless area
Synonyms: حیدود (haydud), شقی (şaki)
armed and mounted guard who escorts a traveller or caravan

Descendants

Turkish: hayta
→ Armenian: հայթա (haytʻa)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hayta2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1916
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هایطه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1321
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هایطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2156

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