zaptieh
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).
Noun[edit]
zaptieh (plural zaptiehs)
- A Turkish policeman
- 1918, Aurora Mardiganian, Ravished Armenia[1], page 10:
- One of the most striking photographs of the deportations that have come out of Armenia. Here is shown a column of Christians on the path across the great plains of the Mamuret-ul-Aziz. The zaptieths are shown walking along at one side.