kalabalik

See also: kalabalık

Swedish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قالابالق (“crowd, crowded”) (modern Turkish kalabalık).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalabaˈliːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

kalabalik c

  1. tumult, chaos, mayhem, commotion
    Kalabaliken i Bender
    The Skirmish at Bender
    (literally, “The Chaos in Bender”)
    a historic event on February 1, 1713
    • 1967, Alice Lyttkens, Livet är ett vågspel:
      Det är jag inte. Det är klokheten som har fått råda. Om din bror ställde till en kalabalik med baron Armfelt, har densamme alla hämndens vapen i sin hand.
      It’s not me. It’s wisdom that has prevailed. If your brother caused a commotion with Baron Armfelt, the same man holds all the weapons of vengeance in his hand.

Declension

Declension of kalabalik
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kalabalik kalabaliks
definite kalabaliken kalabalikens
plural indefinite kalabaliker kalabalikers
definite kalabalikerna kalabalikernas

Descendants

  • → Finnish: kalabaliikki

References

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