مأمور

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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

Noun

مَأْمُور (maʔmūrm

  1. officer, bailiff
  2. subject
  3. magistrate

Declension

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

مأمور (meʼmur)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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