tezkere

English

Etymology

From Turkish tezkere.

Noun

tezkere (plural tezkeres)

(Turkey) An official certificate, license, or other such document

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تذكره (tezkire, tezkere), from Arabic تَذْكِرَة (taḏkira).

Noun

tezkere (definite accusative tezkereyi, plural tezkereler)

note, memorandum
Synonym: pusula
(government) various forms of official documents: receipts, certificates, permits, (military) discharge papers
ikamet tezkeresi ― residence permit

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تذكره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 357
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tezkire”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1331
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1171

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