# nazir

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,519

## Definitions
1. The custodian of a waqf, or Islamic endowment.
2. A native official in an Anglo-Indian court who served summonses, etc.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani, from Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr).

## Easily confused with
- **noir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nazir-vs-noir)
- **Nazism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nazir-vs-nazism)
- **nai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nai-vs-nazir)
- **Nar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nar-vs-nazir)
- **nazi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nazi-vs-nazir)
- **nail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nail-vs-nazir)
- **nani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nani-vs-nazir)
- **Nair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nair-vs-nazir)
- **NAMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nami-vs-nazir)
- **nabi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nabi-vs-nazir)
- **naik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naik-vs-nazir)
- **nasi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nasi-vs-nazir)
- **Nasr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nasr-vs-nazir)
- **Nadia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadia-vs-nazir)
- **Nagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nagar-vs-nazir)
- **nadir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadir-vs-nazir)
- **Nasir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nasir-vs-nazir)
- **Najib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/najib-vs-nazir)
- **Nabil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nabil-vs-nazir)
- **naira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naira-vs-nazir)

## Common misspellings (7)
`anzir`, `naizr`, `nazirr`, `nazri`, `nazzir`, `nnazir`, `nzair`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nazir