वज़ीर-ए-आज़म

Hindi

Alternative forms

• वज़ीरे आज़म (vazīre āzam)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وزیر اعظم (wazīr-i a'zam). By surface analysis, वज़ीर (vazīr) +‎ -ए- (-e-) +‎ आज़म (āzam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ziː.ɾeː.ɑː.zəm/, [ʋɐ.ziː.ɾeː.äː.zɐ̃m], /ʋə.d͡ʒiː.ɾeː.ɑː.d͡ʒəm/, [ʋɐ.d͡ʒiː.ɾeː.äː.d͡ʒɐ̃m]
• Hyphenation: व‧ज़ीर‧ए‧आ‧ज़म
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

वज़ीर-ए-आज़म • (vazīr-e-āzam) m (Urdu spelling وَزِیرِ اَعْظَم)

1. (rare) prime minister

   Synonym: प्रधान मंत्री (pradhān mantrī)

   वज़ीर-ए-आज़म का घर बहुत महफ़ूज़ है।

   vazīr-e-āzam kā ghar bahut mahfūz hai.

   The prime minister's house is very safe.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Hardev Bahri (2013) “वज़ीरे_आज़म”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वजीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4356
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वज़ीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 906
• “वज़ीर-ए-आ'ज़म”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.