zaptiye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zabtiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّه (ḍabṭiyyah, “policeman”), from ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

Noun

zaptiye (definite accusative zaptiyeyi, plural zaptiyeler)

gendarmerie
- Hayashi, (2013 October 28) Ottoman State‎, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 159
  zaptiye (gendarmerie)

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zabtiyye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaptiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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