defter

defter

1. comparative form of deft: more deft

From Turkish defter, from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). Doublet of letter.

defter (plural defters)

1. (historical) A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.

• defterdar

From Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

defter

1. notebook

• “defter”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): /dɛfˈtɛɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛr

defter f

1. notebook

• lênûsk

• tȅfter

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دفتر (defter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

dȅfter m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фтер)

1. notebook
2. (accounting) books, accounting records, register
3. (historical) defter, Ottoman tax register

From Ottoman Turkish دفتر (defter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Old Turkic tepter is an early borrowing from Aramaic or Middle Persian.

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: def‧ter

defter (definite accusative defteri, plural defterler)

1. notebook
2. (business) inventory; books
3. (government) register, tax roll

• amel defteri
• büyük defteri
• defteri dürülmek
• defter-i kebir
• defterdar
• defterdarlık

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN