vizier

English

Alternative forms

• vezir, vizir

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vizier (plural viziers)

1. A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
2. vicegerent, viceroy
3. (chess) a fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

Derived terms

• grand vizier
• vizierate
• vizierial
• viziership

Translations

high-ranking official

• Albanian: vezir (sq) m
• Arabic: وَزِير m (wazīr)

  Egyptian Arabic: وزير m (wazīr)

• Armenian: վեզիր (hy) (vezir)
• Azerbaijani: nazir (az), vəzir
• Bashkir: вәзир (vəzir)
• Bengali: উজির (ujir)
• Catalan: visir m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維齊爾／维齐尔, 维齐尔 (wéiqí'ěr), 大臣 (zh) (dàchén)

• Crimean Tatar: vezir
• Czech: vezír m
• Danish: vesir
• Dutch: vizier (nl) m
• Egyptian: (ṯꜣtj m)
• Esperanto: veziro
• Finnish: visiiri (fi)
• French: vizir (fr) m
• Galician: visir (gl) m
• Georgian: ვეზირი (veziri)
• German: Wesir (de) m, Vesir m, Vizir m, Vizier m
• Greek: βεζίρης (el) m (vezíris)
• Gujarati: વિઝિયર m (vijhiyar)
• Hebrew: וָזִיר m (vazír)
• Hindi: वज़ीर m (vazīr), वजीर (hi) m (vajīr)
• Hungarian: vezír
• Irish: visír m
• Italian: visir
• Kazakh: уәзір (uäzır)
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• Kumyk: вазир (vazir)
• Kyrgyz: вазир (ky) (vazir)
• Latin: vezirus m (modern construct)
• Latvian: viziris m
• Lezgi: везир (vezir)
• Macedonian: везир m (vezir)
• Maore Comorian: waziri class 5/6
• Ngazidja Comorian: waziri class 5/6
• Norwegian: vesir
• Pashto: وزير (ps) m (wazír)
• Persian: وزیر (fa) (vazir)
• Polish: wezyr (pl) m
• Portuguese: vizir m
• Romanian: vezír m
• Russian: визи́рь (ru) m (vizírʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: везир m

  Roman: vezir (sh) m

• Spanish: visir m
• Swedish: vesir (sv) c, visir (sv) c
• Tajik: вазир (vazir)
• Tatar: вәзир (tt) (wäzir)
• Turkish: vezir (tr), sadrazam (tr)
• Turkmen: wezir
• Urdu: وزیر (ur) m (vazīr)
• Uyghur: ۋەزىر (wezir)
• Uzbek: vazir (uz)

See also

• wazir

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere.

Noun

vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle French visir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

Noun

vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)

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

Derived terms

• grootvizier m
• vizierschap n

References

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