زوربهلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زوربه (zorba, “rebel; extorter, oppressor”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, luk).

Noun

زوربهلق • (zorbalık)

1. oppression, violence, extortion
2. mutiny, rebellion, organized riot

Descendants

• Turkish: zorbalık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zorbalık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5497
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوربهلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 650
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوربهلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1019