What does "defter" mean?

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

Defter

Common synonyms include: account book, composition book, exercise book, general ledger, journal, lab notebook.

adj, noun

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