defter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of deft: more deft
noun
  1. A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

defter defters

Etymology

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

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