رتبتلو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رُتْبَة (rutba) and the native suffix ـلو (-li).

Adjective

رتبتلو • (rütbetli)

1. An honorific for high ranking Christian church officials.

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “rütbetlû”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رتبتلو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 616a