مأمور

See also: مامور

Arabic

Root
ء م ر (ʔ-m-r)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, to command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʔ.muːr/

Noun

مَأْمُور • (maʔmūr) m

1. officer, bailiff
2. subject
3. magistrate

Declension

Declension of noun مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَأْمُور maʔmūr	الْمَأْمُور al-maʔmūr	مَأْمُور maʔmūr
Nominative	مَأْمُورٌ maʔmūrun	الْمَأْمُورُ al-maʔmūru	مَأْمُورُ maʔmūru
Accusative	مَأْمُورًا maʔmūran	الْمَأْمُورَ al-maʔmūra	مَأْمُورَ maʔmūra
Genitive	مَأْمُورٍ maʔmūrin	الْمَأْمُورِ al-maʔmūri	مَأْمُورِ maʔmūri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məmur
• → Persian: مأمور (ma'mur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مأمور (meʼmur)
  • Turkish: memur
  • → Albanian: memur
  • → Bulgarian: мему́р (memúr)
  • → Laz: მემური (memuri)
  • → Romanian: memur
  • → Serbo-Croatian: мѐмӯр / mèmūr
• → Uyghur: مەمۇر (memur)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).

Noun

مأمور • (meʼmur)

1. officer, official, agent, somebody charged with an office

Derived terms

• ضبطیه مأموری (zabtiye meʼmuru, “any official of the police department”)
• مأموریت (meʼmuriyet, “official duty, charge”)
• پولیتیقه مأموری (politika meʼmuru, “political agent”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: memur
• → Albanian: memur
• → Bulgarian: мему́р (memúr)
• → Laz: მემური (memuri)
• → Romanian: memur
• → Serbo-Croatian: мѐмӯр / mèmūr

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “memur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3132
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “me'mûr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 730
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مأمور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1095
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Procurator”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1368
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مأمور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4250
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “memur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مأمور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1661

Persian

Alternative forms

• مامور (ma'mur)

Etymology

From Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.ˈmuːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.múːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.múːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.múːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.múɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.múːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.múɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'mūr
Dari reading?	ma'mūr
Iranian reading?	ma'mur
Tajik reading?	maʾmur

Noun

مأمور • (ma'mur) (plural مأموران (ma'murân) or مأمورین (ma'murin))

1. official, officer, delegate, functionary, agent

   مأمور مخفی ― ma'mur-e maxfi ― undercover agent

   مأموران وزارت اطلاعات ― ma'murân-e vezârat-e ettelâ'ât ― agents of the Ministry of Intelligence

Adjective

مأمور • (ma'mur)

1. ordered, commanded, commissioned, appointed

Derived terms

• مأموریت (ma'muriyat)