مدير

See also: مدیر‎

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root د و ر‎ (d-w-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.diːr/
  • (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

  • مُدِيرِيَّة‎ (mudīriyya)

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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