وزیر

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Noun

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وزیر (vezir) (plural وزیرلر (vezirler))

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

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wazīr
Dari reading? wazīr
Iranian reading? vazir
Tajik reading? vazir

Noun

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Dari وزیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik вазир

وَزیر (vazir) (plural وزرا (vozarâ) or وزیران (vazirân))

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

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See also

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

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian وَزیر (vazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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وَزِیر (vazīrm (formal plural وُزَرا (vuzarā) or وَزِیران (vazīrān), Hindi spelling वज़ीर)

  1. (government) minister
    وَزِیرِ تِجارَتvazīr-i tijāratminister of commerce
  2. vizier
  3. (chess) queen / fers
    Synonym: فَرْزِین (farzīn)

Declension

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    Declension of وزیر
singular plural
direct وزیر (vazīr) وزیر (vazīr)
oblique وزیر (vazīr) وزیروں (vazīrõ)
vocative وزیر (vazīr) وزیرو (vazīro)
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See also

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Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text)
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بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) وَزِیر (vazīr) رُخ (rux) فِیلَہ (fīla) گھوڑا (ghoṛā) پِیَادَہ (piyāda)

References

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  • وزیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “وزیر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.