örfi

See also: orfi

Turkish

Alternative forms

• örfî (superseded)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عرفی (ürfi), from Arabic عُرْفِيّ (ʕurfiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œɾ.fiː/

Adjective

örfi

1. (law) conventional, customary (in accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage)
2. (law) extrajudicial, sovereign, arbitrary

Derived terms

• örfi idare (“martial law”)

Related terms

• örf

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “örf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عرفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN