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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زجری, from Arabic زَجْرِيّ (zajriyy).
Adjective
zecrî (archaic)
- restrictive, prohibitory
- violent, forcible
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zecir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زجری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1005
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN