zaptieh

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English

Etymology

From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, policeman), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, policeman).

Noun

zaptieh (plural zaptiehs)

  1. 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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