zaptieh

From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).

• IPA^(key): /zʌpˈti.ə/
• IPA^(key): /zæpˈti.eɪ/

zaptieh (plural zaptiehs)

1. A Turkish policeman.
   • 1918, Aurora Mardiganian, Ravished Armenia‎^[1], page 10:

     One of the most striking photographs of the deportations that have come out of Armenia. Here is shown a column of Christians on the path across the great plains of the Mamuret-ul-Aziz. The zaptieths are shown walking along at one side.

• zaptiah, zabtieh, zabtie, zaptieth