Jump to content

kalabalik

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: kalabalık

Swedish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kalabalik c

  1. tumult, chaos, mayhem, commotion
    Kalabaliken i Bender
    The Skirmish at Bender
    (literally, “The Chaos in Bender”)
    a historic event on February 1, 1713
    • 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.
      It’s not me. It’s wisdom that has prevailed. If your brother caused a commotion with Baron Armfelt, the same man holds all the weapons of vengeance in his hand.

Declension

[edit]
Declension of kalabalik
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kalabalik kalabaliks
definite kalabaliken kalabalikens
plural indefinite kalabaliker kalabalikers
definite kalabalikerna kalabalikernas

Descendants

[edit]
  • Finnish: kalabaliikki

References

[edit]