nazir
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).
Noun
editnazir (plural nazirs)
- (historical) The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
- (historical) A native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.
Further reading
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “nazir”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 621.
Etymology 2
editSee Nazir.
Noun
editnazir (plural nazirs)
- Alternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”)
Anagrams
editAzerbaijani
editCyrillic | назир | |
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Abjad | classical sp | ناظر |
new sp | ناظیر |
Etymology
editBorrowed from Arabic نَاظِر (nāẓir). Cognate with Turkish nazır.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnazir (definite accusative naziri, plural nazirlər)
- minister (head of a government department)
- Seçkidən sonra o təhsil naziri təyin edildi.
- After the election, s/he was appointed education minister.
- Seçkidən sonra o təhsil naziri vəzifəsindən azad edildi.
- After the election, s/he was dismissed from the post of education minister.
- nazir vəzifəsi ― ministerial post
- baş nazir ― prime minister
- maliyyə naziri ― finance minister
- müdafiə naziri ― defence minister
Declension
editDeclension of nazir | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | nazir |
nazirlər | ||||||
definite accusative | naziri |
nazirləri | ||||||
dative | nazirə |
nazirlərə | ||||||
locative | nazirdə |
nazirlərdə | ||||||
ablative | nazirdən |
nazirlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | nazirin |
nazirlərin |
Derived terms
edit- nazirlik (“ministry”)
Related terms
editCrimean Tatar
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic نَاظِر (nāẓir), via Ottoman Turkish ناظر.
Noun
editnazir
Declension
editDeclension of nazir
singular | plural | |
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nominative | nazir | nazirler |
genitive | nazirniñ | nazirlerniñ |
dative | nazirge | nazirlerge |
accusative | nazirni | nazirlerni |
locative | nazirde | nazirlerde |
ablative | nazirden | nazirlerden |
References
editFrench
editNoun
editnazir m (plural nazirs)
Further reading
edit- “nazir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editNoun
editnazir m (plural naziri)
- Alternative form of nazâr
Declension
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