mutasarrif

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mutasarrif

/muːtəˈsɑːrɪf/ UK
/mʊtəˈsarɪf/ UK
/ˌmudəˈsɑrəf/ US

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From Ottoman Turkish متصرف (mutasarrıf, “governor of a sanjak”) (modern Turkish mutasarrıf), from Arabic مُتَصَرِّف (mutaṣarrif, “autonomous one, governor of a province”), from تَصَرَّفَ (taṣarrafa, “to act, to act independently”).

noun mutasarrifs · mutesarrif · mutessarif · mutsarrif · mutasarif · mutasserif

The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly (historical) in the Ottoman Empire.
Similar: sanjakbey, sanjakbeg, governor, prefect, sanjak

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العربية	مُتَصَرِّف mutaṣarrif

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@misc{mutasarrif_2026,
  title = {mutasarrif},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mutasarrif},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}