eşkıya

See also: eşǩiya

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اشقیا, from Arabic أَشْقِيَاء (ʔašqiyāʔ), plural of شَقِيّ (šaqiyy).

Noun

eşkıya (definite accusative eşkıyayı, plural eşkıyalar)

  1. bandit, brigand; bandits, brigands
    • 2015, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, →ISBN, page 84:
      O kuvvet gelince, ter­tibat alacak, hücum edecek, bu eşkıyayı püskürtecek ve yolu açacak imiş...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes
  • Officially a plural form, it has been reinterpreted as singular.

Derived terms
  • eşkıyalık

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eşkıya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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