مرعی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic مَرْعِيّ (marʕiyy), passive participle of رَعَى (raʕā, “to take care of, protect; to tend (a flock)”).
Adjective
مرعی • (meri) (feminine مرعیه)
- (law) observed, respected; enforceable
- in use
Related terms
- رعایت (riayet)
Descendants
- Turkish: meri
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN