Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ٴۋازىر
Cyrillic уәзір
Latin uäzır
Yañalif uəzjr

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَزٖیر (wazīr), from Arabic وَزِيرٌ m (wazīrun, helper, aide, minister, indefinite nominative singular, literally one who bears (the burden of office)).

Compare also Kyrgyz вазир (vazir), Bashkir вәзир (vəzir), Tatar вәзир (wäzir), Crimean Tatar vezir; Uzbek vazir, Uyghur ۋەزىر (wezir), Turkish vezir, etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wæ.zɘr/
  • Hyphenation: уә‧зір

Noun edit

уәзір (uäzır)

  1. vizier (high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government)
  2. (chess) queen

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text)
           
патша (patşa) уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym) тура (tura) піл (pıl) ат (at) пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz)