صویغون

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From صوی (soy-, “to strip, undress; to pillage, rob”) +‎ ـغون (-gun).

Adjective

صویغون • (soygun)

  1. stripped, undressed, having undergone stripping, laid bare

Derived terms

  • دوگون صویغونی (düğün soygunu, “female servant at a wedding-feast”)
  • صویغونلق (soygunluk, “strippedness, undress”)

Noun

صویغون • (soygun)

  1. pillage, plunder, sack, loot, any instance of spoliation
    Synonyms: تاراج (tarac), تالان (talan), یغما (yağma)

Derived terms

  • صویغون ویرمك (soygun virmek, “to be plundered”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: soygun

Further reading

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