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English
Etymology
From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).
Noun
zaptieh (plural zaptiehs)
- A Turkish policeman
1918, Aurora Mardiganian, Ravished Armenia, 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.
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