مدیر

See also: مدير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr).

Noun

مدیر • (müdîr)

1. director

Descendants

• Turkish: müdür
• → Albanian: mudir
• → Armenian: միւտիւր (miwtiwr), միւդիւր (miwdiwr)
• → English: mudir
• → Macedonian: мудур (mudur)
• → Romanian: mudir

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “directeur”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 179

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr).

Pronunciation

• Vocalised Persian: مُدیر

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ˈðiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪íːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪íːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪íːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪íɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.d̪íːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪íɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	muḏīr
Dari reading?	mudīr
Iranian reading?	modir
Tajik reading?	mudir

Noun

Dari	مدیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мудир

مُدیر • (modir) (plural مدیران (modirân) or مدیرها (modir-hâ))

1. manager, director, boss

Derived terms

• مدیر عامل (modir âmel, “CEO”)
• مدیر کل (modir-kol, “director general”)
• مدیریت (modiriyyat, “management”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مدیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.d̪iːɾ/

Noun

مُدِیر • (mudīr) m (Hindi spelling मुदीर)

1. director, manager

Further reading

• “مدیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مدیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.