tekebbür

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تكبر (“pride, haughtiness; becoming proud and haughty”), from Arabic تَكَبُّر (takabbur).

Noun

tekebbür (definite accusative tekebbürü, plural tekebbürler)

arrogance

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تكبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 580

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