Etymology

nazir

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Today it means: The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment. Full definition →

Classical Persian نَظِیر ← Arabic نَظِير
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nazir · noun1

  1. Arabic · derived fromنَظِير
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromنَظِیر
  3. English todaynazir

Borrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).

nazir · noun2

See Nazir.

Nazir · proper noun, noun3

  1. Hebrew · derived fromנָזִיר
  2. English todayNazir

From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).

Nazir · proper noun4

Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?

Words from the same roots

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nazarite

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