zabıta

See also: zabita and zabitą

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ضابطه (zabıta), from Arabic ضَابِطَة (ḍābiṭa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaːbɯˈta/
Hyphenation: za‧bı‧ta
Rhymes: -ta

Noun

zabıta (definite accusative zabıtayı, plural zabıtalar)

municipal police
(archaic) organization
(archaic) rule, maxim

Derived terms

adli zabıta
ahlak zabıtası
belediye zabıtası

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zâbita”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (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^[2], 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, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zabıta”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı