Mavi Boncuk |
Hayde bre: "encouragement and defiance expression (Rumelia/Balkan dialect)"
Used in shortened form 'hodri' for wrestling[1] matches to invite opponent to competition. Hodri meydan | Come to the field.
[1]Oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is the Turkish national sport. It is so called because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil. It is related to the Uzbek kurash, Tuvan khuresh and Tatar köräş.
The wrestlers, known as pehlivan[*] (Persian: پهلوان meaning "hero" or "champion") wear a type of hand-stitched lederhosen called a kisbet (sometimes kispet), which is traditionally made of water buffalo hide, and most recently has been made of calfskin.
[*] Used in Turkish dialects as: Balaban,balwan, balıvan, palğan