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noun
The governor of a province in some Muslim contexts, particularly (historical) in the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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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