çete

Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian četa, from, attested before 1512. According to Nişanyan the South Slavic četa is a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish and it is derived from çat-/çet- “to hit, strike, steal”, see more at or its reciprocal form. /a/>/e/ or /ı/>/i/ transformation in words containing "/ç/" or "/ş/" is common in Turkish.

Noun

 * 1) armed band (of irregulars, partisans, guerrillas, bandits, brigands)
 * 2) gang