مرعی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْعِيّ (marʕiyy), passive participle of رَعَى (raʕā, “to take care of, protect; to tend (a flock)”).

Adjective

مرعی • (meri) (feminine مرعیه)

  1. (law) observed, respected; enforceable
  2. in use

Descendants
  • Turkish: meri

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1150
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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