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adr, vulg. adar (v.n. fr. صدر 'to issue, proceed,' etc.), s.m. & f. The breast, chest, bosom; the upper or uppermost part or end (of anything), the highest part; the first part (of); the first place or seat (in an assembly); the seat of Government, the presidency (as opp. to the provinces or the Mofussil); the headquarters of a district; a military cantonment; the head, chief or principal (in comp. it may often be rendered adjectively as 'chief, principal, supreme, foremost, first,' etc.);—exaltation, pre-eminence;—adv. At the top; above; before (used in comp., e.g. mufaila-ě-adar, 'detailed above, or before-detailed'):—adr-ě-a`zam, s.m. A prime minister:—adr-a`lạ̄, s.m.=adr-ě-udūr, q.v.:—adr-amīn, s.m. Head or chief amīn, q.v.;—a subordinate judge (lower than adr-a`lạ̄;—the office has been abolished):—adr-bāzār, s.m. The chief bazār in a military cantonment:—adr-bor, s.m. The Board of Revenue, the highest revenue court:—adr-jam`, s.m.=adr-māl-guārī, q.v.:—adr-dīwānor adr-dīwān-ě-a`lā, s.m. A chancellor:—adr-dīwānīor adr-dīwānī-`adālat, s.f. The High Court of Justice for civil suits (in India):—adr-sarrishta, s.m. The chief revenue office in a district; the collector's office;—the highest authority or head of an office:—adru`-udūr, oradr-ě-udūr, or adr-udūr, s.m. Chief judge; chancellor; (in India), the principal Sadr-amīn (now called a subordinate judge):—adr-`adālat, s.f. The Supreme Court of Justice:—adr-fauj-dārī-`adālator adr-nizāmat-`adālat, s.f. The chief criminal court:—adr-māl-guzār, s.m. The head-man or representative of a jointtenancy village who engages for and pays the revenue due from the community to the government:—adr-māl-guzārī, s.f. The sum-total of revenue payable to government direct (exclusive of cesses, etc.):—adrmajisre, s.m. Chief magistrate:—adrmaqām, s.m. Head-quarters:—adr-nishīn, s.m. 'Sitter in the chief seat'; a president, chairman.
Origin: Arabic