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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish (zorba, “overbearing , oppressive”);
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zoɾˈba/
- Hyphenation: zor‧ba
Adjective
zorba
- tyrannical
Derived terms
Noun
zorba (definite accusative zorbayı, plural zorbalar)
- bully, tyrant, extorter
Further reading
- “zorba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zorba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zorba”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zorba”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5363