Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mudir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mudir
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A local official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a nahiye.

noun

A regional official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a province of Egypt or Sudan.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مدیر, مُدِير, د و ر

Inflected Forms

mudirs (plural) moodir (alternative) moodeer (alternative)

Derived Forms

mudirate

Frequently Paired Words

mudirate mudiriyah nahiyah wali sanjakbey mutasarrif kaymakam

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does mudir mean?: A local official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a nahiye.
Where does mudir come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce mudir

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