mutessarif
noun
mu·tes·sar·if
variants or less commonly mutasarrif
ˌmütəˈsarə̇f
plural -s
: an administrative authority of various sanjaks (as in the Ottoman Empire or in Iraq)
Word History
Etymology
Turkish mutasarrif, from Arabic mutaṣarrif
- curtailer
- curtailers
- curtailing
- curtailment
- curtailments
- curtails
- curtain
- curtain (off)
- curtain board
- curtain call
- curtain lecture
- curtain lectures
- curtain line
- curtain music
- curtain off
- curtain shutter
- curtain speech
- curtain stretcher
- curtain time
- curtain tune
- curtain wall
- curtain-raiser
- curtain-raisers
- curtained
- curtained (off)