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

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