savcı

See also: savci

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish صاوجی (sawcï, “ambassador, messenger”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sābčï.

Noun

savcı (definite accusative savcıyı, plural savcılar)

1. public prosecutor; attorney general [from 1940s]

   Synonym: (obsolete) müddeiumumi

Derived terms

• savcılık

Related terms

• sav

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “savcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4092
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “savcı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük