istibdat
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish استبداد (istibdad), from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād), verbal noun of اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda).
Noun
istibdat (definite accusative istibdadı, plural istibdatlar)
- despotism, absolute power
Related terms
- müstebit
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istibdat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “استبداد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 89
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN