مدير

See also: مدیر

Arabic

Root
د و ر (d-w-r)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَدَارَ (ʔadāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.diːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr
  • (file)

Adjective

مُدِير • (mudīr) (feminine مُدِيرَة (mudīra), masculine plural مُدِيرُونَ (mudīrūna), feminine plural مُدِيرَات (mudīrāt))

  1. active participle of أَدَارَ (ʔadāra).

Declension

Noun

مُدِير • (mudīr) m (plural مُدِيرُون (mudīrūn) or مُدَراء (mudarāʔ), feminine مُدِيرَة (mudīra))

  1. manager, head, chief, director, administrator, headmaster, boss
  2. superintendent, rector
  3. (music) conductor

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müdir
  • Chagatai: مدیر
  • Hindustani: mudīr
  • Ottoman Turkish: مدیر (müdîr)
    • Turkish: müdür
    • Albanian: mudir
    • Armenian: միւտիւր (miwtiwr), միւդիւր (miwdiwr)
    • English: mudir
    • Macedonian: мудур (mudur)
    • Romanian: mudir
  • Pashto: مدیر
  • Persian: مدیر (modir)
  • Swahili: mudiri
  • Turkmen: müdir

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “د و ر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr). Equivalent to the active participle of أدار (ʕadār, to administer, to manage) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.diːr/, [muˈdiːr]
  • (file)

Noun

مدير • (mudīr) m (plural مدرا (mudara), feminine مديرة (mudīre))

  1. manager, director, head
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