kalabalik

See also: kalabalık

Swedish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قالابالق (“crowd, crowded”) (modern Turkish kalabalık).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kalabaˈliːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

kalabalik c

  1. tumult, chaos, mayhem
    • 1967, Alice Lyttkens, Livet är ett vågspel:
      – Det är jag inte. Det är klokheten som har fått råda. Om din bror ställde till en kalabalik med baron Armfelt, har densamme alla hämndens vapen i sin hand. […]
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    Kalabaliken i Bender
    the skirmish at Bender (a historic event on February 1, 1713)

Declension
Declension of kalabalik 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kalabalik kalabaliken kalabaliker kalabalikerna
Genitive kalabaliks kalabalikens kalabalikers kalabalikernas

Descendants
  • → Finnish: kalabaliikki

References
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