nazır
See also: Nazir, nazir, and nâzır
Turkish
Alternative forms
- nâzır
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ناظر, from Arabic نَاظِر (nāẓir). Replaced by bakan during the language reform.
Noun
nazır (definite accusative nazırı, plural nazırlar) (archaic)
- spectator
- superintendent
- (politics) minister
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “nazır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ناظر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2064
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN