mutasarrıf
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish متصرف, from Arabic مُتَصَرِّف (mutaṣarrif),
Noun
[edit]mutasarrıf (definite accusative mutasarrıfı, plural mutasarrıflar)
- (politics) The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly in the Ottoman Empire.
References
[edit]- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “mutasarrıf”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1704
- “mutasarrıf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mutasarrıf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük