murza

English

Alternative forms

morza

Etymology

Perhaps related to mirza.

Noun

murza (plural murzas)

1. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, especially one of the second class.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “murza”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Mazur, zurma

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /mùɽ.záː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̀ɽ.záː]

Noun

mùrzā f (possessed form mùrzar̃)

1. massage

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /múɽ.zàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ́ɽ.zàː]

Verb

murzā̀ (grade 1)

1. to roll strands of cotton between the palms to make thread
2. to rub with palms, to massage