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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عربده (ʼarbede).
Noun
αρμπεντές • (armpentés) m (plural αρμπεντέδες) (dialectal, Cretan)
- racket, commotion
- Synonyms: φασαρία (fasaría), οχλαγωγία (ochlagogía)
- revolution
- Synonym: επανάσταση (epanástasi)
- massacre, slaughter
- Synonym: σφαγή (sfagí)
- ο μεγάλος αρμπεντές ― o megálos armpentés ― the great massacre
Declension
References
- Orfanós, Vasílis (2020) “αρμπεντές”, in Τουρκικά δάνεια στα ελληνικά της Κρήτης [Tourkiká dáneia sta elliniká tis Krítis] (in Greek), Heidelberg: Propylaeum, →DOI, page 19b download.pp.1-405.pdf 1st edition:2014