وزير

See also: وزیر

Arabic

Etymology

Likely related to the verb وَزَرَ (wazara, “to carry, to shoulder”) with the root و ز ر (w-z-r), meaning “someone who carries the burden of an office”, but also claimed to be borrowed from an Iranian language (compare Middle Persian wcyl (wizīr, “decision, judgment”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬗𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vīcira, “arbitrator, judge”)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

وَزِير • (wazīr) m (plural وُزَرَاء (wuzarāʔ))

1. minister, cabinet minister
2. vizier
3. helper, assistant
4. (chess) queen

Declension

Declension of noun وَزِير (wazīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزِير wazīr	الْوَزِير al-wazīr	وَزِير wazīr
Nominative	وَزِيرٌ wazīrun	الْوَزِيرُ al-wazīru	وَزِيرُ wazīru
Accusative	وَزِيرًا wazīran	الْوَزِيرَ al-wazīra	وَزِيرَ wazīra
Genitive	وَزِيرٍ wazīrin	الْوَزِيرِ al-wazīri	وَزِيرِ wazīri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزِيرَيْن wazīrayn	الْوَزِيرَيْن al-wazīrayn	وَزِيرَيْ wazīray
Nominative	وَزِيرَانِ wazīrāni	الْوَزِيرَانِ al-wazīrāni	وَزِيرَا wazīrā
Accusative	وَزِيرَيْنِ wazīrayni	الْوَزِيرَيْنِ al-wazīrayni	وَزِيرَيْ wazīray
Genitive	وَزِيرَيْنِ wazīrayni	الْوَزِيرَيْنِ al-wazīrayni	وَزِيرَيْ wazīray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُزَرَاء wuzarāʔ	الْوُزَرَاء al-wuzarāʔ	وُزَرَاء wuzarāʔ
Nominative	وُزَرَاءُ wuzarāʔu	الْوُزَرَاءُ al-wuzarāʔu	وُزَرَاءُ wuzarāʔu
Accusative	وُزَرَاءَ wuzarāʔa	الْوُزَرَاءَ al-wuzarāʔa	وُزَرَاءَ wuzarāʔa
Genitive	وُزَرَاءَ wuzarāʔa	الْوُزَرَاءِ al-wuzarāʔi	وُزَرَاءِ wuzarāʔi

Derived terms

• وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة (wazīr al-ḵārijiyya, “foreign minister, Secretary of State”)

Related terms

• وِزَارَة (wizāra)
• وِزَارِيّ (wizāriyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəzir
• → Bengali: উজির (ujir)
• → English: wazir
• → Malay: wazir
  • Indonesian: wazir
• → Ottoman Turkish: وزیر
  • Turkish: vezir
  • → Bulgarian: вези́р (vezír)
  • → Middle French: visir
    • French: vizir, visir
    • → Catalan: visir
    • → Dutch: vizier
    • → English: vizier, vezir, vezîr (stricter transliterations of Ottoman Turkish); vazir (via Persian instead of Ottoman Turkish); wasir, wazir, wazīr (directly from Arabic); vizir, vizeer, guazil (less common forms)
      • → Irish: visír
      • → Welsh: fisir
    • → Italian: visir
    • → Portuguese: vizir
    • → Spanish: visir
  • → German: Wesir
  • → Latin: vezirus
  • → Lithuanian: viziris
  • → Macedonian: везир (vezir)
  • → Polish: wezyr
  • → Romanian: vizir
  • → Russian: визи́рь (vizírʹ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вѐзӣр

    Latin script: vèzīr

  • → Swedish: vesir
  • → Ukrainian: візи́р (vizýr)
• → Pashto: وزیر
• → Persian: وزیر (vazir)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: वज़ीर (vazīr), विज़ीर (vizīr)

    Urdu: وزیر (vazīr)

• → Spanish: alguacil, alguazil, aguacil
  • → Catalan: algozir
    • → Italian: aguzzino

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
شَاه (šāh)	وَزِير (wazīr)	رُخّ (ruḵḵ) – قَلْعَة (qalʕa)	فِيل (fīl)	حِصَان (ḥiṣān)	بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wəzir/

Proper noun

وزير • (Wëzír) m

1. Wazir, Pashtun tribe name