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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دوریه, feminine of دوری (“devri”), from Arabic دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy).
Adjective
devriye
- related to rotation
Noun
devriye (definite accusative devriyeyi, plural devriyeler)
- beat (rounds of a police officer)
- (military) patrol
- (historical) a type of qadi (judge) in Ottoman times
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “devriye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 920
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN