mytesarif

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متصرف (mutasarrıf, “governor of a sanjak”), from Arabic مُتَصَرِّف (mutaṣarrif, “autonomous one, governor of a province”), from تَصَرَّفَ (taṣarrafa, “to act, to act independently”).

Noun

mytesarif m

1. (politics) mutasarrif, particularly (historical) as the governor of a sanjak under the Principality of Albania.

Declension

Declension of mytesarif

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mytesarif	mytesarifë	mytesarifi	mytesarifët
accusative			mytesarifin
dative	mytesarifi	mytesarifëve	mytesarifit	mytesarifëve
ablative		mytesarifësh

Synonyms

• sanxhakbej (some contexts)

Coordinate terms

• sanxhak
• kajmekam, mudir, muhtar, myftar