وزیر
See also: وزير
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).
Noun edit
وزیر • (vezir) (plural وزیرلر (vezirler))
Descendants edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [wa.ˈziːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væ.zíːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vä.zíɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | wazīr |
Dari reading? | wazīr |
Iranian reading? | vazir |
Tajik reading? | vazir |
Noun edit
Dari | وزیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | вазир |
وَزیر • (vazir) (plural وزرا (vozarâ) or وزیران (vazirân))
Related terms edit
- وزارت (vezârat)
Descendants edit
See also edit
Chess pieces in Persian · مهرههای شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text) | |||||
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شاه (šâh) | وزیر (vazir) | رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e) |
فیل (fil) | اسب (asb) | پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz) |
References edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian وَزیر (vazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.ziːɾ/
Noun edit
وَزِیر • (vazīr) m (formal plural وُزَرا (vuzarā) or وَزِیران (vazīrān), Hindi spelling वज़ीर)
- (government) minister
- وَزِیرِ تِجارَت ― vazīr-i tijārat ― minister of commerce
- vizier
- (chess) queen / fers
- Synonym: فَرْزِین (farzīn)
Declension edit
Declension of وزیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | وزیر (vazīr) | وزیر (vazīr) |
oblique | وزیر (vazīr) | وزیروں (vazīrō̃) |
vocative | وزیر (vazīr) | وزیرو (vazīrō) |
Related terms edit
- وِزارَت (vizārat)
See also edit
Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text) | |||||
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بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) | وَزِیر (vazīr) | رُخ (rux) | فِیلَہ (fīla) | گھوڑا (ghoṛā) | پِیَادَہ (piyāda) |
References edit
- “وزیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “وزیر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.