zabıta

See also: zabita and zabitą

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ضابطه (zabıta), from Arabic ضَابِطَة (ḍābiṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑːbɯˈtɑ/
• Hyphenation: za‧bı‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɑ

Noun

zabıta (definite accusative zabıtayı, plural zabıtalar)

1. municipal police
2. (archaic) organization
3. (archaic) rule, maxim

Derived terms

• adli zabıta
• ahlak zabıtası
• belediye zabıtası

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâbita”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zabıta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضابطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1204
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Further reading

• “zabıta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zabıta”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı