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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ضابطه (zabıta), from Arabic ضَابِطَة (ḍābiṭa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaːbɯˈta/
- Hyphenation: za‧bı‧ta
- Rhymes: -ta
Noun
zabıta (definite accusative zabıtayı, plural zabıtalar)
- municipal police
- (archaic) organization
- (archaic) rule, maxim
Derived terms
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâbita”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zabıta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضابطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1204
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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