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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اشقیا, from Arabic أَشْقِيَاء (ʔašqiyāʔ), plural of شَقِيّ (šaqiyy).
Noun
eşkıya (definite accusative eşkıyayı, plural eşkıyalar)
- bandit, brigand; bandits, brigands
Usage notes
- Officially a plural form, it has been reinterpreted as singular.
Derived terms
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