طابیه

Ottoman Turkish

طابیه

Alternative forms

  • تابیه (tabya)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

  • آی طابیه (ay tabya, “demilune”)
  • اوق طابیه (ok tabya, “redan”)
  • طوپراق طابیه (toprak tabya, “earth fort”)
  • منشاری طابیه (minşarî tabya, “crémaillère”)
  • یارم طابیه (yarım tabya, “demilune”)
  • یلدز طابیه (yıldız tabya, “star-shaped fortress”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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