devriye
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دوریه, feminine of دوری (“devri”), from Arabic دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy).
Adjective
devriye
- related to rotation
Noun
devriye (definite accusative devriyeyi, plural devriyeler)
- beat (rounds of a police officer)
- (military) patrol
- (historical) a type of qadi (judge) in Ottoman times
Related terms
- devir
- devre
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “devriye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دوریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 920
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN