English Explanatory Dictionary

nazir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
  2. A native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”).
name
  1. A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
noun
  1. A Nazarite (Nazirite).
name
  1. a surname and given name common in Pakistan
  2. A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.

Word forms

nazir nazirs

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).

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