örfî

See also: orfi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عرفی‎, from Arabic عُرْفِيّ‎ (ʿurfiyy).

Adjective

örfî

(law) conventional, customary
(law) extrajudicial, sovereign, arbitrary

Derived terms

örfî idare (“martial law”)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “örf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عرفی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1295
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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