مرعی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْعِيّ (marʕiyy), passive participle of رَعَى (raʕā, “to take care of, protect; to tend (a flock)”).

Adjective

مرعی • (meri) (feminine مرعیه)

1. (law) observed, respected; enforceable
2. in use

Related terms

• رعایت (riayet)

Descendants

• Turkish: meri

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN