vizier

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Turkish vezir (plausibly via French visir, vizir or Spanish visir), from Arabic وزير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”), "one who bears (the burden of office)".

Alternative forms

• vizir

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɪˈzɪə/, /ˈvɪzɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

vizier (plural viziers)

1. A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

Derived terms

Wikipedia

• grand vizier
• vizierate
• vizierial
• viziership

Translations

high-ranking official

• Armenian: վեզիր (hy) (vezir)
• Catalan: visir (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vezír (cs) m
• Danish: vesir
• Dutch: vizier (nl) m
• Esperanto: veziro
• Finnish: visiiri (fi)
• French: vizir (fr)
• German: Wesir, Vesir, Vizir, Vizier
• Greek: βεζίρης (el) (vezíris)
• Hindi: वज़ीर (hi) m
• Hungarian: vezír (hu)

• Italian: visir (it)
• Latin: vezirus (modern construct)
• Latvian: viziris
• Macedonian: везир
• Norwegian: vesir
• Persian: وزیر (fa) (vazir)
• Polish: wezyr (pl)
• Portuguese: vizir (pt)
• Romanian: vezír (ro)
• Russian: визирь (ru) (vizír’) m
• Serbo-Croatian: vezir (sh)
• Spanish: visir (es)
• Swedish: vezir (sv)
• Turkish: vezir (tr), sadrazam (tr)

See also

• wazir

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Turkish vezir (plausibly via French visir, vizir or Spanish visir), from Arabic وزير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”), "one who bears (the burden of office)" (probably literally "porter, carrier," from (wazara) "he carried", or from Avestan vicira "arbitrator, judge").

Noun

vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje)

1. A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.

Derived terms

• grootvizier m
• vizierschap n

Etymology 2

Latin root

Noun

vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje)

1. A visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet
2. A back-sight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]