طابیه

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

طابیه

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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic تَعْبِئَة (taʕbiʔa), vulgarly تَعْبِيَة (taʕbiya, mobilization, arrangement), verbal noun of عَبَّأَ (ʕabbaʔa) respectively ‎عَبَّى‎ (ʕabbā).

Noun[edit]

طابیه (tabya)

  1. redoubt, an enclosed, defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks
  2. bastion, bulwark, any defensive structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification

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Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: tabya
  • Albanian: tabje
  • Armenian: թապյա (tʻapya)
  • Romanian: tabie

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