algutzir

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === agutzil, alguatzir === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الوَزِير (al-wazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “minister”). Doublet of visir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.ɣuˈd͡zir] IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.ɣuˈd͡zir] === Noun === algutzir m (plural algutzirs) (historical) governor, sheriff bailiff, constable ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: aguzzino === Further reading === “algutzir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007