to strike, hit → coup d'état, revolution 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme darbe
meaning 1 blow darbe indirmek
to blow a stroke
direction →
meaning 2 coup d'état, putsch
reference Baskakov 1977: 210
comment A calque from French coup d'état. Cf. earlier expressıon darbe-i hükümet 'coup d'état'.

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