örfi
See also: orfi
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- örfî (superseded)
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish عرفی (ürfi), from Arabic عُرْفِيّ (ʕurfiyy).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
örfi
- (law) conventional, customary (in accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage)
- (law) extrajudicial, sovereign, arbitrary
Derived terms edit
- örfi idare (“martial law”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “örf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN