zecrî

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زجری, from Arabic زَجْرِيّ (zajriyy).

Adjective

zecrî (archaic)

  1. restrictive, prohibitory
  2. 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