Where does “kabadayı” come from?
kabadayı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kaba, from Persian قبا, from Arabic قَبَاء, from Middle Persian kpʾh — garment, cloak.
kabadayı (Turkish): rowdy
Ancestry of “kabadayı”, step by step
kabadayı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kaba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kaba | rude; coarse, unrefined; vulgar |
| 2 | Persian | قبا | long garment, cloak, frock |
| 3 | Arabic | قَبَاء | — |
| 4 | Middle Persian | kpʾh | garment, cloak |
via Turkish dayı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | dayı | maternal uncle, one's mother's brother; dey;... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دایی | maternal uncle, the brother of one's mother, thus a second-degree relative |
| 3 | Persian | دایی | maternal uncle |