memur
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur), from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).
Noun
memur m (plural memuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | memur | memurul | memuri | memurii | |
| genitive-dative | memur | memurului | memuri | memurilor | |
| vocative | memurule | memurilor | |||
References
- memur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːmʊɾ/
Noun
memur (definite accusative memuru, plural memurlar)
- (originally) civil servant
- Anybody assigned to a job or responsibility
- memur etmek ― to assign to a job
- incumbent
Declension
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Derived terms
- başmemur
Related terms
- memuriyet
- memurluk
See also
- görevli
- yükümlü
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “memur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3132
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “memur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük