mutasarrıf

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish متصرف, from Arabic مُتَصَرِّف (mutaṣarrif),

Noun

mutasarrıf (definite accusative mutasarrıfı, plural mutasarrıflar)

1. (politics) The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly in the Ottoman Empire.

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “mutasarrıf”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1704
• “mutasarrıf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mutasarrıf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük