çete

== Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian četa, from Ottoman Turkish چته (çete, “raid, loot”), attested before 1512. According to Nişanyan the South Slavic četa is a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish and it is derived from çat-/çet- “to hit, strike, steal”, see more at çatmak or its reciprocal form çatışmak (“to conflict”). /a/>/e/ or /ı/>/i/ transformation in words containing "/ç/" or "/ş/" is common in Turkish. === Noun === çete (definite accusative çeteyi, plural çeteler) armed band (of irregulars, partisans, guerrillas, bandits, brigands) gang ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Beşli Çete Dörtlü Çete ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “çete”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çete”, in Nişanyan Sözlük