English Explanatory Dictionary

mudir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A local official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a nahiye.
  2. A regional official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a province of Egypt or Sudan.

Word forms

mudir mudirs moodir moodeer

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدیر (müdir, “local administrator, governor”), from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr, “directing one, governor, boss”), from أَدَارَ (ʔadāra, “to direct”).

Related words

mudirate mudiriyah nahiyah

Derived words

mudirate
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