taharri memuru

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From taharri (“investigation”) and memur (“civil servant”), both from Arabic.

Noun[edit]

taharri memuru (definite accusative taharri memurunu, plural taharri memurları) (archaic)

  1. detective, plainclothes police officer

References[edit]

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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