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06 Jun 2008 Fri 08:13 pm |
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Kabadayı...
Does anyone know where this word comes from or how it came about to include the "dayı" part.
Related to this, I guess, is another word - "Dayılanmak"
Why is "dayı" used in this sense or how did "dayı" impose itself over, let's say "amca" or "baba". Why not "Kabababa or Babalanmak."
Someone told me that Kabadayi is a corruption of the word "Kapadokyalı", who were known to the invading Romans as hard, stubborn, mountain folks, and that the modern Turkish "kabadayı" comes from the reputation of the "kapadokyalı." As interesting as all this sounds, he wasn't able to provide any sources or citation. I was wondering if anyone else has other suggestions, or has evidence to support the "kapadokyalı" version.i
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 10:36 am |
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Quoting cynicmystic:
Someone told me that Kabadayi is a corruption of the word "Kapadokyalı", who were known to the invading Romans as hard, stubborn, mountain folks, and that the modern Turkish "kabadayı" comes from the reputation of the "kapadokyalı." |
Very unlikely. "Dayı" has this meaning in slang so it should have entered to the common language (by adding "kaba").
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 01:37 pm |
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Quoting cynicmystic:
Someone told me that Kabadayi is a corruption of the word "Kapadokyalı", who were known to the invading Romans as hard, stubborn, mountain folks, and that the modern Turkish "kabadayı" comes from the reputation of the "kapadokyalı." |
I don't think that it can be true but I do appreciate if you can ask him or her the resource of this.  It sounds just funny for now.
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