the Mafia (International organized crime organization) · mafia (Individual branch) · arrogance
çekim: çoğul mafie
eş: associazione a delinquere, camorra, cosa nostra, Cosa nostra, criminalità organizzata, delinquenza organizzata
köken: Uncertain. Maybe from Arabic مَهْيَاص (mahyāṣ, “cocky, bragger”) (compare Hebrew מָחַץ (“makháts”) to crush, though Piedmontese mafio is considered another possible source. Compare Sicilian mafia for more.
köken: From Italian. Perhaps from Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”) or from Sicilian mafia (“boldness, bravado”). See the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word.