zaptije

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zabtiye, “policeman”),[1] from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”), from ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

Noun

zaptije f (plural zaptije, definite zaptija, definite plural zaptijet)

  1. zaptieh (law enforcer within the Ottoman Empire, similar to modern police forces)

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “zaptije”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 524

Further reading

  • “zaptije”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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