çete

Betekenis (Engels)

1. armed band (of irregulars, partisans, guerrillas, bandits, brigands)
2. gang

Sinonieme

şebeke

sürü

Vertalings

Bande

gang

bande

gang

maquis

Gang

banda

bende

pandilla

σπείρα

Rotte

Banden

banda

gang

guérilla

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Ottoman Turkish: چته

In summary

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian četa, from Ottoman Turkish چته (çete, “raid, loot”), attested before 1512. According to Nişanyan the South Slavic četa is a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish and it is derived from çat-/çet- “to hit, strike, steal”, see more at çatmak or its reciprocal form çatışmak (“to conflict”). /a/>/e/ or /ı/>/i/ transformation in words containing "/ç/" or "/ş/" is common in Turkish.