بلطجي

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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

  1. a thug

Declension

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