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

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