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عكروت

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Probably individualizing from عَكَارَة (ʕakāra, dregs, settlings) in a figurative sense of “what has settled on the bottom of society”, as in Armenian տականք (takankʻ), German Hefe, English riffraff, Russian подонок (podonok) etc., both a frequent Egyptian Arabic word.

Noun

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عَكْرُوت (ʕakrūtm (plural عَكَارِيت (ʕakārīt)) (regional, derogatory)

  1. (Lebanon) pimp, philanderer
    Synonyms: قَوَّاد (qawwād), عَرْص (ʕarṣ)
  2. scoundrel, swindler, outcast

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: akrut (crafty) (Paphos, Cyprus)

References

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  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[1], London: Bickers & Son, page 150
  • Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[2], London: Bickers & Son, page 211