حیدودلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From حیدود (haydud, “brigand, bandit”) +‎ ـلق (-luk, “-ness”).

Noun

حیدودلق • (haydudluk)

brigandage, banditry, the criminal lifestyle of a brigand or bandit

Descendants

Turkish: haydutluk

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “haydutluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1912
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حیدودلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حیدودلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 815

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