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nazir¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).

noun nazirs

  1. historical The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
  2. historical A native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.

nazir²

Where it comes from

See Nazir.

noun nazirs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”).

Nazir³

Where it comes from

From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).

proper noun

  1. Judaism A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.

noun Nazirs

  1. A Nazarite (Nazirite). Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you are Nazirs,”— lo, all of them are Nazirs. M. 5: 7 The parallel cases, stated in apocopation, M. 5:5, 7, go over the ground of vows to be a Nazir made in error. The first case presents three pairs: […]

Nazir⁴

Where it comes from

Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?

proper noun

  1. a surname and given name common in Pakistan
  2. A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.

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name treatise in the Talmud

हिन्दीनाज़ीर nāzīr
עבריתמסכת נזיר

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@misc{nazir_2026,
  title = {nazir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nazir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}