Etymology

defter

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Today it means: A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

Turkish defter ← Arabic دَفْتَر ← Aramaic דהפתּיר
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιφθέρα
  2. Aramaic · derived fromדהפתּיר
  3. Arabic · derived fromدَفْتَر
  4. Turkish · borrowed fromdefter
  5. English todaydefter

From Turkish defter, from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). Doublet of letter.

Words from the same roots

Arabicدَفْتَر all →

daftar

Ancient Greekδιφθέρα all →

diphtheriadaftar

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