devriye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دوریه, feminine of دوری (“devri”), from Arabic دَوْرِيّ (dawriyy).

Adjective

devriye

  1. related to rotation

Noun

devriye (definite accusative devriyeyi, plural devriyeler)

  1. beat (rounds of a police officer)
  2. (military) patrol
  3. (historical) a type of qadi (judge) in Ottoman times

Derived terms
  • askerî devriye
  • devriye atmak
  • devriye gezmek
  • devriyeci

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “devriye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 920
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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