OriginBorrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).
- historicalThe custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
- historicalA native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of Nazir (“Nazarite, a Jew bound by vow to do certain things”).
- A Nazarite (Nazirite).
“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”
- JudaismA treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
- a surname and given name common in Pakistan
- A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.
Formsnazirs(plural) · Nazirs(plural)