ضبطیه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).

Noun

ضبطیه • (zabtiye)

  1. police officer, a peace officer who is a member of a police force

Derived terms

  • ضبطیه مأموری (zabtiye meʼmuru, “any official of the police department”)
  • ضبطیه ناظری (zabtiye nazırı, “Minister of Police”)
  • ضبطیه نظارتی (zabtiye nezareti, “Ministry of Police”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zaptiye
  • → Albanian: zaptije
  • → Armenian: զապթիյէ (zaptʻiyē), զապթիա (zaptʻia)
  • → Bulgarian: заптие́ (zaptié)
  • → English: zaptieh
  • → French: zaptieh
  • → Italian: zaptiè
  • → Macedonian: заптија (zaptija)
  • → Romanian: zapciu
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: за̀птија
    Latin script: zàptija

Further reading

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