defter

Meanings

Adjective

  • Comparative form or more of deft

Noun

  • A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.

Origin

  • From Turkish defter, from Arabic دَفْتَر, from Aramaic דהפתּיר, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα. letter.

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