مدير

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See also: مدیر

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root د و ر (d-w-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.diːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

مُدِير (mudīr) (feminine مُدِيرَة (mudīra), masculine plural مُدِيرُونَ (mudīrūna), feminine plural مُدِيرَات (mudīrāt))

  1. active participle of أَدَارَ (ʔadāra).

Declension

Noun

مُدِير (mudīrm (plural مُدِيرُون (mudīrūn) or مُدَراء (mudarāʔ), feminine مُدِيرَة (mudīra))

  1. manager, head, chief, director, administrator, headmaster, boss
  2. superintendent, rector
  3. (music) conductor

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müdir
  • Pashto: مدیر
  • Persian: مدیر(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in مدیر#Persian)
  • Turkmen: müdir
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدیر (müdir)
  • Uzbek: mudir

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “د و ر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr). Equivalent to the active participle of أدار (ʕadār, to administer, to manage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.diːr/, [muˈdiːr]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

مدير (mudīrm (plural مدرا (mudara), feminine مديرة (mudīre))

  1. manager, director, head