zaptiye

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

zaptiye (definite accusative zaptiyeyi, plural zaptiyeler)

1. gendarmerie
   • Hayashi, (2013 October 28) Ottoman State‎^[1], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 159

     zaptiye (gendarmerie)

References

• 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