مأمور

See also: مامور‎

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of أَمَرَ‎ (ʔamara, “to order, to command”), from the root ء م ر‎ (ʔ-m-r).

Noun

مَأْمُور • (maʔmūr) m

  1. officer, bailiff
  2. subject
  3. magistrate

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: məmur
  • → Persian: مأمور‎ (ma'mur)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مأمور‎ (memur)
    • Turkish: memur
    • → Bulgarian: мему́р (memúr)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: мѐмӯр / mèmūr

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَأْمُور‎ (maʔmūr).

Noun

مأمور • (memur)

  1. officer, official, agent, somebody charged with an office
  2. employee

Descendants

  • Turkish: memur
  • → Bulgarian: мему́р (memúr)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: мѐмӯр / mèmūr

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَأْمُور‎ (maʔmūr).

Adjective

مأمور • (ma'mur)

  1. ordered, commanded, commissioned, appointed

Noun

مأمور • (ma'mur) (plural مأموران‎ (ma'murân))

  1. official, officer, delegate, functionary, agent

See also

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