razzia

Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة‎ (ḡaziya), equalling Arabic غَزْوَة‎ (ḡazwa, “raid, military campaign”).

razzia (plural razzias)

1. A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.

Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية‎

razzia

1. a forceful, (ideally) unannounced operation by a (para-)military organ at suspicion of crime

• “razzia” in Den Danske Ordbog

From earlier razia (1830), borrowed from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة‎ (ḡaziya), classical Arabic غَزْوَة‎ (ḡazwa, “raid, military campaign”). Compare Portuguese gazia.

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• IPA^(key): /ʁa.zja/

razzia f (plural razzias)

1. (military) raid [from 1840s]

• razzier

• → Danish: razzia
• → English: razzia
• → German: Razzia
  • → Hungarian: razzia
• → Italian: razzia
• → Portuguese: razia
• → Spanish: razia

• “razzia” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from German Razzia, from French razzia.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒzːiʲɒ]
• Hyphenation: raz‧zia

razzia (plural razziák)

1. raid (an attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering)

• razziázik

Via French razzia from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة‎ (ḡaziya).

razzia f (plural razzie)

1. raid, plundering

   Synonym: saccheggio

• razziare

razzia

1. third-person singular present indicative of razziare
2. second-person singular imperative of razziare

• arazzi

razzia f (plural razzias)

1. Alternative form of razia