istibdat

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish استبداد (istibdad), borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād), from اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda). === Noun === istibdat (definite accusative istibdadı, plural istibdatlar) (dated) despotism, tyranny Synonyms: despotizm, despotluk, tiranlık ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== müstebit === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istibdat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “استبداد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 89