nazır

See also: Nazir, nazir, and nâzır

Turkish

Alternative forms

• nâzır

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ناظر, from Arabic نَاظِر (nāẓir). Replaced by bakan during the language reform.

Noun

nazır (definite accusative nazırı, plural nazırlar) (dated)

1. spectator
2. superintendent
3. (politics) minister

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	nazır
Definite accusative	nazırı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nazır	nazırlar
Definite accusative	nazırı	nazırları
Dative	nazıra	nazırlara
Locative	nazırda	nazırlarda
Ablative	nazırdan	nazırlardan
Genitive	nazırın	nazırların

Related terms

• nezaret (“ministry”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nazır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ناظر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2064
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN