şaki

Meaning

  1. (archaic) rebel; outlaw
  2. (archaic) brigand, robber

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Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish شقی (şakı), from Arabic شَقِيّ (šaqiyy, “miserable; villain”). The original sense, miserable, became obsolete before modern Turkish. From the same root as şaka.

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