میرزا

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mirˈzɑ/

Noun

میرزا • (mírzâ) m

1. clerk

Declension

declension of میرزا

	singular		plural
direct	میرزا (mírzâ)		میرزايان (mírzâyân)
oblique	میرزا (mírzâ)		میرزايانو (mírzâyâno)
vocative	میرزا (mírzâ)		میرزايانو (mírzâyâno)

Persian

Alternative forms

• مرزا (merzâ), میرزاد (mirzâd), میرزاده (mirzâde), امیرزاد (amirzâd), امیرزاده (amirzâde)

Etymology

From earlier میرزاد (mirzâd), compound of میر (mir, “master”) and the suffix ـزاد، ـزاده (-zâd, -zâde, “child of, son of”), from زادن (zâdan, “to bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miːɾ.ˈzɑː], [miɾ.ˈzɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɾ.zɑ́ː], [mɪɾ.zɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɾ.zɑ́ː], [mɪɾ.zɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [miːɾ.zɑ́ː], [mɪɾ.zɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [miɾ.zɔ́ː], [miɾ.zɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɹ.zɒ́ː], [meɹ.zɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miɾ.zɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	mīrzā, mirzā
Dari reading?	mīrzā, mirzā
Iranian reading?	mirzâ, merzâ
Tajik reading?	mirzo

Noun

Dari	میرزا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мирзо

میرزا • (mirzâ) (plural میرزاها (mirzâ-hâ) or میرزایان (mirzâyân)) (historical)

1. Mirza; a noble title.
2. mirza, clerk, scribe

Usage notes

• In nineteenth-century Iran, میرزا (mirzâ) as a noble title came after the name, and میرزا (mirzâ) as a title for clerks or literates came before the name. In India, the noble title could come on both sides of the name.

Derived terms

• میرزا غشمشم (mirzâ ğašamšam)
• میرزا قشمشم (mirzâ qašamšam)
• میرزا قلمدان (mirzâ qalamdân)
• میرزائی (mirzâ'i)
• میرزابنویس (mirzâ-benevis)
• میرزاجانپور (mirzâjânpur)
• میرزاخانی (mirzâxâni)
• میرزانشین (mirzâ-nešin)
• میرزایی (mirzâyi)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: مِيرْزَا (mīrzā), مِرْزَا (mirzā)
• → Azerbaijani: mirzə
• → Bashkir: мырҙа (mırźa)
• → English: Mirza, mirza
  • Translingual: Mirza
• → Chagatai: میرزا
  • Uzbek: mirzo
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिर्ज़ा (mirzā)

  Urdu: مرزا (mirzā)

• → Kazakh: мырза (myrza)
• → Kyrgyz: мырза (mırza)
• → Marathi: मिर्झा (mirjhā)
• → Middle Armenian: միրզայ (mirzay)
  • Armenian: միրզա (mirza)
• → Ottoman Turkish: میرزا (mîrzâ), مرزا (mirzâ)
  • Turkish: mirza
• → Punjabi: ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ (mirzā)
• → Tatar: морза (morza), мирза (mirza)
  • → English: morza
  • → Russian: мурза́ (murzá)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “میرزا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press