nazir

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noun

The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.

OriginClassical Persian نَظِیر ← Arabic نَظِير →
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Meanings

nazir1

nounnazir (plural nazirs)

plural nazirs

  1. historicalThe custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
  2. historicalA native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.

nazir2

nounnazir (plural nazirs)

plural nazirs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”).

Nazir3

proper noun
  1. JudaismA treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
nounNazir (plural Nazirs)

plural Nazirs

  1. A Nazarite (Nazirite).

    Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you are Nazirs,”— lo, all of them are Nazirs. M. 5: 7 The parallel cases, stated in apocopation, M. 5:5, 7, go over the ground of vows to be a Nazir made in error. The first case presents three pairs: […]

    2007, Jacob Neusner, A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 3: Nedarim, Nazir: Translation and Explanation, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 158

Nazir4

proper noun
  1. a surname and given name common in Pakistan
  2. A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.

Origin

nazir · noun

  1. Arabicنَظِير
  2. Classical Persianنَظِیر
  3. Englishnazir

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

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nazir · noun

See Nazir.

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Nazir · proper noun, noun

  1. Hebrewנָזִיר
  2. EnglishNazir

From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).

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Nazir · proper noun

Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?

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Translations

Hebrew מסכת נזיר
  • מסכת נזירtreatise in the Talmud
Hindi नाज़ीर
  • नाज़ीर (nāzīr)treatise in the Talmud

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nizarzinar
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APA

nazir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nazir

MLA

“nazir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nazir. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nazir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nazir.

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