wazir

See also: Wazir

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

wazir (plural wazirs)

1. Vizier.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:

     The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town."

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwazɪr/
• Hyphenation: wa‧zir
• Homophone: wasir
• Rhymes: -zɪr, -ɪr, -r

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wazir (plural wazir-wazir, first-person possessive wazirku, second-person possessive wazirmu, third-person possessive wazirnya)

1. prime minister

   Synonym: perdana menteri

Etymology 2

Noun

wazir (first-person possessive wazirku, second-person possessive wazirmu, third-person possessive wazirnya)

1. alternative spelling of bawasir

Further reading

• “wazir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.