ضبطیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّه (ḍabṭiyyah, “policeman”).

Noun

ضبطیه • (zabtiye)

1. police officer, a peace officer who is a member of a police force

Derived terms

• ضبطیه مأموری (zabtiye meʼmuru, “any official of the police department”)
• ضبطیه ناظری (zabtiye nazırı, “Minister of Police”)
• ضبطیه نظارتی (zabtiye nezareti, “Ministry of Police”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zaptiye
• → Armenian: զապթիյէ (zaptʻiyē)
• → Bulgarian: заптие (zaptie)
• → English: zaptieh
• → French: zaptieh
• → Italian: zaptiè
• → Romanian: zapciu

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zaptiye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5435
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zabtiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضبطیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 783
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaptiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضبطیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1206