"بلطجي" meaning in Egyptian Arabic

See بلطجي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bal.tˤa.ɡi/, [bɑlˈtˤɑɡi] Forms: balṭagi [romanization], بلطجيّة [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”). By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi). Etymology templates: {{bor+|arz|ota|بالطهجی|t=hatchetman, axeman|tr=baltacı}} Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”), {{surf|arz|بلطة|ـجي}} By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi) Head templates: {{arz-noun|g=m|pl=بلطجيّة|pltr=balṭagiyya|tr=balṭagi}} بلطجي • (balṭagi) m (plural بلطجيّة (balṭagiyya)), {{tlb|arz|countable}} (countable)
  1. a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan Tags: countable Categories (topical): Crime, People
    Sense id: en-بلطجي-arz-noun-31MuD2ys Disambiguation of Crime: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38
  2. a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan
    a bully
    Tags: countable Categories (topical): Crime, People
    Sense id: en-بلطجي-arz-noun-betNiFH3 Disambiguation of Crime: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38
  3. (obsolete, military) a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire) Tags: countable, obsolete Categories (topical): Military, Crime, People
    Sense id: en-بلطجي-arz-noun-LbzEvHGm Disambiguation of Crime: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of People: 31 31 38 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: بطحجي (baṭaḥgi), شبيح (šabbīḥ), صايع (ṣāyiʕ) Derived forms: بلطج (balṭag), بلطجة (balṭaga) Related terms: بلطة (balṭa)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "balṭag",
      "word": "بلطج"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "balṭaga",
      "word": "بلطجة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "ota",
        "3": "بالطهجی",
        "t": "hatchetman, axeman",
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      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "بلطة",
        "3": "ـجي"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”). By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balṭagi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بلطجيّة",
      "roman": "balṭagiyya",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "بلطجيّة",
        "pltr": "balṭagiyya",
        "tr": "balṭagi"
      },
      "expansion": "بلطجي • (balṭagi) m (plural بلطجيّة (balṭagiyya))",
      "name": "arz-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "countable"
      },
      "expansion": "(countable)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian Arabic",
  "lang_code": "arz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "balṭa",
      "word": "بلطة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "arz:Crime",
          "parents": [
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "arz:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He must be prosecuted, that thug! That boy that was killed, what did he do wrong? I swear to God this is something really saddening.",
          "roman": "da lāzim yitḥākim il-balṭagi da. il-walad illi tʔatal da zambu ʔē? bi-gadd wa-llāhi šēʔ muḥzin.",
          "text": "ده لازم يتحاكم البلطجي ده. الولد اللي اتقتل ده ذنبه ايه؟ بجد والله شيء محزن."
        },
        {
          "english": "Between the Egyptian police and the Sudanese police, there is not much of a distinction; all of them are a bunch of thugs.",
          "roman": "min daḵliyyit maṣr li-daḵliyyit is-sudān mafarraʔnāš kitīr kulluhum šiwayyit balṭagiyya.",
          "text": "من داخلية مصر لداخلية السودان مفرقناش كتير كلهم شوية بلطجية."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan"
      ],
      "id": "en-بلطجي-arz-noun-31MuD2ys",
      "links": [
        [
          "thug",
          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "gangster",
          "gangster"
        ],
        [
          "hoodlum",
          "hoodlum"
        ],
        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
        [
          "hooligan",
          "hooligan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "arz:Crime",
          "parents": [
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "arz:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We must watch for him, that kid is a bully.",
          "roman": "lāzim niḥarras minnu da wād balṭagi.",
          "text": "لازم نحرص منه ده واد بلطجي."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan",
        "a bully"
      ],
      "id": "en-بلطجي-arz-noun-betNiFH3",
      "links": [
        [
          "thug",
          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "gangster",
          "gangster"
        ],
        [
          "hoodlum",
          "hoodlum"
        ],
        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
        [
          "hooligan",
          "hooligan"
        ],
        [
          "bully",
          "bully"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "arz:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "arz:Crime",
          "parents": [
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "arz",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "arz:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire)"
      ],
      "id": "en-بلطجي-arz-noun-LbzEvHGm",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "pioneer",
          "pioneer"
        ],
        [
          "sapper",
          "sapper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, military) a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bal.tˤa.ɡi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑlˈtˤɑɡi]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "baṭaḥgi",
      "word": "بطحجي"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "šabbīḥ",
      "word": "شبيح"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ṣāyiʕ",
      "word": "صايع"
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلطجي"
}
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "arz:Crime",
    "arz:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "balṭag",
      "word": "بلطج"
    },
    {
      "roman": "balṭaga",
      "word": "بلطجة"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "بالطهجی",
        "t": "hatchetman, axeman",
        "tr": "baltacı"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "بلطة",
        "3": "ـجي"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, “hatchetman, axeman”). By surface analysis, بلطة (balṭa) + ـجي (-gi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balṭagi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "بلطجيّة",
      "roman": "balṭagiyya",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "بلطجيّة",
        "pltr": "balṭagiyya",
        "tr": "balṭagi"
      },
      "expansion": "بلطجي • (balṭagi) m (plural بلطجيّة (balṭagiyya))",
      "name": "arz-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "countable"
      },
      "expansion": "(countable)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian Arabic",
  "lang_code": "arz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "balṭa",
      "word": "بلطة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He must be prosecuted, that thug! That boy that was killed, what did he do wrong? I swear to God this is something really saddening.",
          "roman": "da lāzim yitḥākim il-balṭagi da. il-walad illi tʔatal da zambu ʔē? bi-gadd wa-llāhi šēʔ muḥzin.",
          "text": "ده لازم يتحاكم البلطجي ده. الولد اللي اتقتل ده ذنبه ايه؟ بجد والله شيء محزن."
        },
        {
          "english": "Between the Egyptian police and the Sudanese police, there is not much of a distinction; all of them are a bunch of thugs.",
          "roman": "min daḵliyyit maṣr li-daḵliyyit is-sudān mafarraʔnāš kitīr kulluhum šiwayyit balṭagiyya.",
          "text": "من داخلية مصر لداخلية السودان مفرقناش كتير كلهم شوية بلطجية."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thug",
          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "gangster",
          "gangster"
        ],
        [
          "hoodlum",
          "hoodlum"
        ],
        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
        [
          "hooligan",
          "hooligan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We must watch for him, that kid is a bully.",
          "roman": "lāzim niḥarras minnu da wād balṭagi.",
          "text": "لازم نحرص منه ده واد بلطجي."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thug, a gangster, a hoodlum, a goon, a hooligan",
        "a bully"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thug",
          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "gangster",
          "gangster"
        ],
        [
          "hoodlum",
          "hoodlum"
        ],
        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
        [
          "hooligan",
          "hooligan"
        ],
        [
          "bully",
          "bully"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with obsolete senses",
        "arz:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "pioneer",
          "pioneer"
        ],
        [
          "sapper",
          "sapper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, military) a pioneer, a sapper (a class of palace guards in the Ottoman Empire)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bal.tˤa.ɡi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɑlˈtˤɑɡi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "baṭaḥgi",
      "word": "بطحجي"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šabbīḥ",
      "word": "شبيح"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ṣāyiʕ",
      "word": "صايع"
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلطجي"
}

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