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bursar

Syllables: bur·sar/ˈbɜːsə/US/ˈbɝsɚ/

bursar noun: the treasurer of a university, college or school.

Noun

bursar (plural bursars)

  1. The treasurer of a university, college or school.
  2. (Scotland) A student funded by a bursary.

bursar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

bursar in Hindi

bursar
कोषाध्यक्ष koṣādhyakṣ

bursar in Tamil

கல்லூரிப் பொருளாளர், பொருளாளர்

bursar in Urdu

خزانچی

bursar in Bengali

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, কলেজ, স্কুলের কোষাধ্যক্ষ
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bursar in Kannada
ಭಂಡಾರಿ, ಖಜಾಂಚಿ, ಕರಣಿಕ, ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಗ

Forms of bursar

pluralbursars

Origin of bursar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursārius, from bursa (“purse”) (English purse).

Words formed from bursar

Words that rhyme with bursar

Questions about bursar

What does bursar mean?
Bursar means the treasurer of a university, college or school.
What is bursar in Hindi?
Bursar in Hindi is कोषाध्यक्ष (koṣādhyakṣ). See Bursar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bursar?
Bursar is a noun.
How do you pronounce bursar?
Bursar is pronounced /ˈbɝsɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of bursar?
The plural of bursar is bursars.

Words near bursar in the dictionary

  1. bursal
  2. bursaless
  3. bursalis
  4. bursally
  5. bursalogy
  6. bursar
  7. bursarial
  8. bursaries
  9. bursars
  10. bursarship
  11. bursarships

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bursar (page history and authors); कोषाध्यक्ष (Hindi) (page history and authors); bursar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bursar (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bursar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bursar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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