secretary (male or unspecified sex) · official of an organization · high-ranking member in the Central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
secretary (a person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work) · secretary (a managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations)
çekim: çoğul γραμματείς · tamlayan γραμματέα
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús).
bookkeeper (person responsible for keeping records) · scribe (a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer) · scorekeeper (one who keeps track of the score)
çekim: çoğul kirjurit · tamlayan kirjurin
köken: kirjata (“to log book”) + -uri. Coined by Finnish author, translator and book printer J. F. Granlund in 1849.
köken: Borrowed from French secrétaire, from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“one entrusted with secrets”), from Latin sēcrētus (“confided only to a few”).
Sino-Vietnamese word from 書記, Chinese 書記 /书记 (shūjì, “communist secretary”). Compare bí thư (“communist secretary”). Vietnamese uses an opposite distinction to Chinese's as to whether the secretary in question works for the communist government or not.