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defterdar|dɛftəˈdɑːr|
Also 6–7 teftadar, teftader, 7–8 tefterdar, 9 defturdar.
[Turk. f. defter (see dufter) + Pers. -dar holding.]
A Turkish officer of finance, esp. the accountant general of a province; also formerly, the Turkish minister of finance.
1589Hakluyt Voy. 205 Vnder him be three Subtreasurers called Teftaders. 1601W. Biddulph Trav. Four Englishmen (1609) 88 Defterdare, that is Treasurer of Aleppo. 1615G. Sandys Trav. iii. 211 Tendring to the Teftadar or Treasurer the reuenew of that Sanziackry. 1796J. Morse Amer. Univ. Geogr. II. 463 The first minister of finances is called Defterdar. 1836E. W. Lane Mod. Egypt. I. 154 The Defturdár, having caused the Názir to be brought before him, asked him [etc.]. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 508/1 A complete budget of receipts and expenditure is drawn up by its defterdar. |