zaptiye
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zabtiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّه (ḍabṭiyyah, “policeman”), from ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).
Noun
editzaptiye (definite accusative zaptiyeyi, plural zaptiyeler)
References
edit- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zabtiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaptiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük