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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
zabit (definite accusative zabiti, plural zabitlər)
- (military) officer
Declension
Further reading
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ).
Noun
zabit
- (military) officer
- Synonyms: ofitser, subay
Declension
References
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
zabit
- masculine singular passive participle of zabít
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ضابط (zabıt, zabit, “officer; police magistrate; senior clerk”), from Arabic ضَابِط (ḍābiṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
zabit (definite accusative zabiti, plural zabitler)
- officer
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zabit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضابط”, 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