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almufirisi (pl.)
ولاة الدّواوين wulāt al-dawāwīn (pl. of wālī l-dīwān)
genit. compound wly dwn – leading executives of the chancelleries show/hide quotes-
Albu. Coni. tr. V, li. 573, version s, see fn. y: significat multas egritudines et dolores in mulieribus … et elevationem prepositorum, s. almufirisorum, scriptorum et aliorum
Yama.: دلّت على كثرة العلل والأوجاع في النساء … وارتفاع ولاة الدواوين وغيرهم
- 1 Albu. Coni.
Perhaps < Castilian almojarife ‘treasurer’ < Arabic al-mušrif ‘supervisor’. Yamamoto/Burnett 2000, vol. II, 497. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.