The story
- Arabic · derived fromضَبْطِيَّة“policeman”
- Ottoman Turkish · derived fromضبطیه“policeman”
- French · derived fromzaptieh
- English todayzaptieh
From French zaptieh, from Ottoman Turkish ضبطیه (zaptiye, “policeman”), from Arabic ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya, “policeman”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.