memur

Meaning

1. civil servant
2. Anybody assigned to a job or responsibility
3. incumbent

Concepts

employee

civil servant

incumbent

officer

official

functionary

office worker

🧑‍💼

white-collar

clerk

government official

government employee

white-collar worker

Synonyms

görevli

devlet memuru

hizmetçi

hizmetli

işçi

konsolos

polis memuru

sorumlu

vekil

çalışan

şube memuru

delege

Translations

fonctionnaire

Beamter

impiegato

employé

funcionario

ambtenaar

funzionario

Beamte

empleado

Angestellter

empregado

δημόσιος υπάλληλος

funcionário

agent

commis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meːmʊɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: مأمور

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr).