mudir

• moodir, moodeer

From Ottoman Turkish مدیر‎ (müdir, “local administrator, governor”), from Arabic مُدِير‎ (mudīr, “directing one, governor, boss”), from أَدَارَ‎ (ʔadāra, “to direct”).

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

mudir (plural mudirs)

1. (historical) A local official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a nahiye.
2. (historical) A regional official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a province of Egypt or Sudan.

• wali, sanjakbey, mutasarrif, kaymakam

• mudirate

• mudirate, mudiriyah, nahiyah

• “mudir, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

• murid

From Ottoman Turkish مدیر‎ (müdir, “local administrator, governor”), from Arabic مُدِير‎ (mudīr, “directing one, governor, boss”), from أَدَارَ (ʾadāra, “to direct”).

mudir m

1. (politics, historical) mudir, particularly as a local official under Ottoman rule and during the Principality of Albania

   Në nahijet këshilli komunal, i mbledhur nën kryesinë e mudirit, do të zgjedhë një delegat.

   In the nahiyes, the local council, under the direction of the mudir, will elect a delegate.

• nahijë
• sanxhakbej, mytesarif, kajmekam, muhtar, myftar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مدیر‎ (müdir), from Arabic مدير‎.

mudir m (plural mudiri)

1. (dated) administrator of a region

Inherited from Chagatai مدیر‎, from Arabic مُدِير‎ (mudīr).

mudir (plural mudirlar)

1. director, manager

• mudirlik

• mudira