Where does “tezkere” come from?

tezkere (English) comes from Turkish tezkere, from Ottoman Turkish تذكره, from Arabic تَذْكِرَة.

tezkere (English): An official certificate, license, or other such document

Definitions

  1. An official certificate, license, or other such document

Ancestry of “tezkere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtezkerenote, memorandum
2Ottoman Turkishتذكرهmemorandum, slip, chit, a small sheet of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder
3Arabicتَذْكِرَة—
Every word from Arabic تَذْكِرَة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تذكره →Every word from Turkish tezkere →