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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تفتر (tefter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Noun

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tefter n (plural tefteruri)

  1. (obsolete) registry

Declension

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References

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  • tefter in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish دفتر (defter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Noun

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tȅfter m (Cyrillic spelling те̏фтер)

  1. notebook
  2. (accounting) books, accounting records, register
  3. (historical) defter, Ottoman tax register