örfi

See also: orfi

Turkish

Alternative forms

örfî (superseded)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عرفی (ürfi), from Arabic عُرْفِيّ (ʕurfiyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /œɾ.fiː/

Adjective

örfi

(law) conventional, customary (in accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage)
(law) extrajudicial, sovereign, arbitrary

Derived terms

örfi idare (“martial law”)

Related terms

örf

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “örf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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