mudir

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mudir

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

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

noun mudirs · moodir · moodeer

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

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العربية	مُدِير mudīr

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@misc{mudir_2026,
  title = {mudir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mudir},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}