هودوك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian hajdúk (armed cattle-drover; hajduk).[1] Doublet of حیدود (haydud, bandit, robber).

Noun

هودوك • (hödük)

  1. boor, peasant, country lout, an uncouth or crude person
    Synonym: چوبان (çoban)

Usage notes

Used in particular to describe Anatolian Turks.

Descendants

  • Turkish: hödük
  • Armenian: հէօտիւք (hēōtiwkʻ) Constantinople

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “հէօտիւք”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 104–105

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