مأمور

See also: مامور

Arabic

Root
ء م ر (ʔ-m-r)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to order, to command).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʔ.muːr/

Noun

مَأْمُور • (maʔmūr) m

  1. officer, bailiff
  2. subject
  3. magistrate

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məmur
  • Persian: مأمور (ma'mur)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مأمور (meʼmur)
  • Uyghur: مەمۇر (memur)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, officer; magistrate).

Noun

مأمور • (meʼmur)

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

Derived terms

  • ضبطیه مأموری (zabtiye meʼmuru, any official of the police department)
  • مأموریت (meʼmuriyet, official duty, charge)
  • پولیتیقه مأموری (politika meʼmuru, political agent)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.múːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mɑː.múːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mɔː.múɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? ma'mūr
Dari reading? ma'mūr
Iranian reading? ma'mur
Tajik reading? maʾmur

Noun

مأمور • (ma'mur) (plural مأموران (ma'murân) or مأمورین (ma'murin))

  1. official, officer, delegate, functionary, agent
    مأمور مخفیma'mur-e maxfiundercover agent
    مأموران وزارت اطلاعاتma'murân-e vezârat-e ettelâ'âtagents of the Ministry of Intelligence

Adjective

مأمور • (ma'mur)

  1. ordered, commanded, commissioned, appointed

Derived terms

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