zaptieh

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Turkish policeman.
    — 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.

词形变化

zaptiehs plural zaptiah alternative zabtieh alternative zabtie alternative zaptieth alternative

词源

From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).
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