Where does “zaptiye” come from?

zaptiye (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish zabtiye, from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة, from Arabic ضَبْط — accuracy, exactness.

zaptiye (Turkish): gendarmerie

Definitions

  1. gendarmerie

Ancestry of “zaptiye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishzabtiye—
2Arabicضَبْطِيَّةpoliceman
3Arabicضَبْطaccuracy, exactness

Words derived from “zaptiye”

Every word from Arabic ضَبْط →Every word from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish zabtiye →