zabıta
See also: zabita and zabitą
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ضابطه (zabıta), from Arabic ضَابِطَة (ḍābiṭa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɑːbɯˈtɑ/
- Hyphenation: za‧bı‧ta
- Rhymes: -tɑ
Noun
zabıta (definite accusative zabıtayı, plural zabıtalar)
- police
- (archaic) organization
- (archaic) rule, maxim
Derived terms
- adli zabıta
- ahlak zabıtası
- belediye zabıtası
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “zâbita”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1398
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zabıta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ضابطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1204
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Further reading
- zabıta in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “zabıta”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı