Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܘ ܙ ܪ (w z r)
1 term

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [wazziːrɑː]

Noun edit

ܘܲܙܝܼܪܵܐ (wazīrām sg (plural ܘܲܙܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (wazīrē), feminine ܘܲܙܝܼܪܬܵܐ (wazīrtā))

  1. minister, cabinet minister
  2. vizier, vicegerent

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [wazzirɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [wazzire] (plural)

Noun edit

ܘܙܝܪܐ (wazzīrām (plural ܘܙܝܪܐ (wazzīrē))

  1. vizier, minister, vicegerent

Inflection edit

References edit

  • wzyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 81b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 357b