Mutasarrif

//ˌmudəˈsɑrəf// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly (historical) in the Ottoman Empire.

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governorprefectsanjaksanjakbegsanjakbey

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متصرف (mutasarrıf, “governor of a sanjak”) (modern Turkish mutasarrıf), from Arabic مُتَصَرِّف (mutaṣarrif, “autonomous one, governor of a province”), from تَصَرَّفَ (taṣarrafa, “to act, to act independently”).

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