هایطه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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Noun

هایطه • (hayta)

1. brigand, bandit, one who robs others in a lawless area

   Synonyms: حیدود (haydud), شقی (şaki)

2. armed and mounted guard who escorts a traveller or caravan

Descendants

• Turkish: hayta
• → Armenian: հայթա (haytʻa)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hayta2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1916
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هایطه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1321
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هایطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2156