مأمور

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ء م ر (ʔ-m-r)

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the passive participle of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to order, to command), from the root ء م ر (ʔ-m-r).

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Noun[edit]

مَأْمُور (maʔmūrm

  1. officer, bailiff
  2. subject
  3. magistrate

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, officer; magistrate).

Noun[edit]

مأمور (meʼmur)

  1. officer, official, agent, somebody charged with an office

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Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Readings
Classical reading? ma'mūr
Dari reading? ma'mūr
Iranian reading? ma'mur
Tajik reading? maʾmur

Noun[edit]

مأمور (ma'mur) (plural مأموران (ma'murân) or مأمورین (ma'murin))

  1. official, officer, delegate, functionary, agent
    مأمور مخفیma'mur-e maxfiundercover agent
    مأموران وزارت اطلاعاتma'murân-e vezârat-e ettelâ'âtagents of the Ministry of Intelligence

Adjective[edit]

مأمور (ma'mur)

  1. ordered, commanded, commissioned, appointed

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