وزیر

See also: وزير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”).

Noun

وزیر • (vezir) m, وزیرلر (vezirler) pl

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

Descendants

• Turkish: vezir
• → Bulgarian: везир (vezir)
• → Dutch: vizier
• → French: vizir, visir
  • → English: vizier
• → German: Wesir
• → Italian: visir
• → Latin: vezirus
• → Lithuanian: viziris
• → Polish: wezyr
• → Portuguese: vizir
• → Romanian: vizir
• → Russian: визирь (vizirʹ)
• → Serbo-Croatian: везир, vezir
• → Spanish: visir
• → Swedish: vesir

See also

Roman spelling: vezir

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister, one who bears (the burden of office)”), from an (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  source. Compare Middle Persian wcyl (vičīr (early), wizīr (late), “decision, judgment”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬗𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vīcira, “arbitrator, judge”), Old Armenian վճիռ (včiṙ).

Noun

وزیر • (vazir) (plural وزرا (vozarâ) or وزیران (vazirân))

1. minister
2. vizier
3. (chess) queen

Related terms

• وزارت

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
شاه (šâh)	وزیر (vazir)	رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e)	فیل (fil)	اسب (asb)	پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz)

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian وزیر (vazir), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ziːɾ/

Noun

وزیر • (vazīr) m (Hindi spelling वज़ीर) — plural وزرا (vuzarā), وزیران (vazīrān), وزیرے (vazire)

1. minister
2. vizier

Related terms

• وزارت (vizārat)