örfi
See also: orfi
Turkish
Alternative forms
- örfî (superseded)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish عرفی (ürfi), from Arabic عُرْفِيّ (ʿurfiyy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œɾ.fiː/
Adjective
örfi
- (law) conventional, customary (in accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage)
- (law) extrajudicial, sovereign, arbitrary
Derived terms
- örfi idare (“martial law”)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “örf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عرفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN