Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nazir

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: nazir
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.

noun

A native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”).

name

A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.

noun

A Nazarite (Nazirite).

name

a surname and given name common in Pakistan

name

A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.

Example Sentences

"Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you are Nazirs,”— lo, all of them are Nazirs. M. 5: 7 The parallel cases, stated in apocopation, M. 5:5, 7, go over the ground of vows to be a Nazir made in error. The first case presents three pairs: […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: ن ظ ر, נָזִיר

Inflected Forms

nazirs (plural)

Questions

What does nazir mean?: The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
Where does nazir come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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