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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From زوربه (zorba, “rebel; extorter, oppressor”) + ـلق (-lık, luk).
Noun
زوربهلق • (zorbalık)
- oppression, violence, extortion
- mutiny, rebellion, organized riot
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zorbalık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5497
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوربهلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 650
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوربهلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019