Nazir

See also: nazir, nazır, and nâzır

English

Etymology 1

From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).

Proper noun

Nazir

1. (Judaism) A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.

Translations

treatise in the Talmud

• Greek: ^{(please verify)} ναζίρ (nazír)
• Hebrew: מסכת נזיר (he)

Noun

Nazir (plural Nazirs)

1. A Nazarite (Nazirite).
   • 2007, Jacob Neusner, A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 3: Nedarim, Nazir: Translation and Explanation, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 158:

     Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you are Nazirs,”— lo, all of them are Nazirs. M. 5: 7 The parallel cases, stated in apocopation, M. 5:5, 7, go over the ground of vows to be a Nazir made in error. The first case presents three pairs: […]

Etymology 2

Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?

Proper noun

Nazir

1. a surname and given name common in Pakistan
2. A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.

Anagrams

• Nizar