savcı

See also: savci

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Anatolian Turkish صاوجی (sawcï, “ambassador, messenger”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sābčï.

Noun

savcı (definite accusative savcıyı, plural savcılar)

public prosecutor; attorney general [from 1940s]
Synonym: (obsolete) müddeiumumi

Derived terms

savcılık

Related terms

sav

Further reading

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “savcı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4092
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “savcı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.