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...

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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