Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar) and Persian دار (dâr), literally "register keeper".

Noun edit

دفتردار (defterdar)

  1. provincial treasurer

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: defterdar

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفتردار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran