mudir

English

Alternative forms

• moodir, moodeer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

mudir (plural mudirs)

1. (historical) A local official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a nahiye.
2. (historical) A regional official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a province of Egypt or Sudan.

Coordinate terms

• wali, sanjakbey, mutasarrif, kaymakam

Derived terms

• mudirate

Related terms

• mudirate, mudiriyah, nahiyah

Translations

Translations

• Albanian: mudir m
• Arabic: مُدِير (mudīr)
• Polish: mudir m pers
• Turkish: müdür (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: مدیر (müdir)

References

• “mudir, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Anagrams

• murid, dumri

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mudir m

1. (politics, historical) mudir, particularly as a local official under Ottoman rule and during the Principality of Albania

   Në nahijet këshilli komunal, i mbledhur nën kryesinë e mudirit, do të zgjedhë një delegat.

   In the nahiyes, the local council, under the direction of the mudir, will elect a delegate.

Declension

Declension of mudir

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mudir	mudiri	mudirë	mudirët
accusative		mudirin
dative	mudiri	mudirit	mudirëve	mudirëve
ablative			mudirësh

Coordinate terms

• nahijë
• sanxhakbej, mytesarif, kajmekam, muhtar, myftar

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr, “directing one, governor, boss”),

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmudir/ [ˈmu.dɪr]
• Rhymes: -udir
• Syllabification: mu‧dir

Noun

mudir (plural mudir-mudir)

1. (Islam) head

   mudir pondok pesantren putra ― head of division of islamic boarding school for men

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مُدِير (mudīr)bor.

Ottoman Turkish مدیر (müdir)bor.

Romanian mudir

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مدیر (müdir), borrowed from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr).

Noun

mudir m (plural mudiri)

1. (dated) administrator of a region

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mudir	mudirul	mudiri	mudirii
genitive-dative	mudir	mudirului	mudiri	mudirilor
vocative	mudirule		mudirilor

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Afghan Uzbek)		—
Cyrillic		мудир
Latin		—

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai مدیر (mdyr), from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr).

Noun

mudir

1. director, manager

Declension

Declension of mudir

	singular	plural
nominative	mudir	mudirlar
genitive	mudirning	mudirlarning
dative	mudirga	mudirlarga
definite accusative	mudirni	mudirlarni
locative	mudirda	mudirlarda
ablative	mudirdan	mudirlardan
similative	mudirdek	mudirlardek

Possessive forms of mudir

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	mudirim	mudirlarim
genitive	mudirimning	mudirlarimning
dative	mudirimga	mudirlarimga
definite accusative	mudirimni	mudirlarimni
locative	mudirimda	mudirlarimda
ablative	mudirimdan	mudirlarimdan
similative	mudirimdek	mudirlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	mudiring	mudirlaring
genitive	mudiringning	mudirlaringning
dative	mudiringga	mudirlaringga
definite accusative	mudiringni	mudirlaringni
locative	mudiringda	mudirlaringda
ablative	mudiringdan	mudirlaringdan
similative	mudiringdek	mudirlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	mudiri	mudirlari
genitive	mudirining	mudirlarining
dative	mudiriga	mudirlariga
definite accusative	mudirini	mudirlarini
locative	mudirida	mudirlarida
ablative	mudiridan	mudirlaridan
similative	mudiridek	mudirlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mudirimiz	mudirlarimiz
genitive	mudirimizning	mudirlarimizning
dative	mudirimizga	mudirlarimizga
definite accusative	mudirimizni	mudirlarimizni
locative	mudirimizda	mudirlarimizda
ablative	mudirimizdan	mudirlarimizdan
similative	mudirimizdek	mudirlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mudiringiz	mudirlaringiz
genitive	mudiringizning	mudirlaringizning
dative	mudiringizga	mudirlaringizga
definite accusative	mudiringizni	mudirlaringizni
locative	mudiringizda	mudirlaringizda
ablative	mudiringizdan	mudirlaringizdan
similative	mudiringizdek	mudirlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	mudiri	mudirlari
genitive	mudirining	mudirlarining
dative	mudiriga	mudirlariga
definite accusative	mudirini	mudirlarini
locative	mudirida	mudirlarida
ablative	mudiridan	mudirlaridan
similative	mudiridek	mudirlaridek

Derived terms

• mudirlik

Related terms

• mudira