بلطجي

العربية

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بلطجي

/bal.tˤa.d͡ʒijj/

Where it comes from

From the dialects of the eastern Mediterranean, including Egyptian Arabic بلطجي (balṭagi, “thug”), from Ottoman Turkish بالطهجی (baltacı, literally “axeman”). Related to Arabic بَلْطَة (balṭa).

noun بَلْطَجِيّ · balṭajiyy · بَلَاطِجَة · بَلْطَجِيُّون · بَلْطَجِيَّة · بَلْطَجِي

Arabic, Modern, Standard, countable a thug

In English

thug someone who treats others violently or roughly

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MLA

"بلطجي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%AC%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

بلطجي. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%AC%D9%8A

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"بلطجي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%AC%D9%8A.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بلطجي},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%AC%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}