tefter

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تفتر (tefter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Noun

tefter n (plural tefteruri)

  1. (obsolete) registry

Declension

Declension of tefter
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tefter tefterul tefteruri tefterurile
genitive-dative tefter tefterului tefteruri tefterurilor
vocative tefterule tefterurilor

References

  • tefter in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دفتر (defter), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Aramaic דהפתּיר (defter), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Noun

tȅfter m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling те̏фтер)

  1. notebook
  2. (accounting) books, accounting records, register
  3. (historical) defter, Ottoman tax register