mutasarrif

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /muːtəˈsɑːrɪf/, /mʊtəˈsarɪf/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmudəˈsɑrəf/

Noun

mutasarrif (plural mutasarrifs)

  1. (politics) The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly (historical) in the Ottoman Empire.

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