وزیر

See also: وزير‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَزِير‎ (wazīr).

Noun

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

minister, cabinet minister
vizier
helper, assistant
(chess) queen

Descendants

Turkish: vezir
→ Bulgarian: везир (vezir)
→ Catalan: visir
→ Middle French: visir
- French: vizir, visir
- → Dutch: vizier
- → English: vizier, vezir, vezîr; vazir; wasir, wazir, wazīr; vizir, vizeer, guazil
  - → Irish: visír
  - → Welsh: fisir
→ 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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير‎ m (minister, vizier).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /waziːɾ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /waziːɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /væziːɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /vaziɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	وزیر
Dari	وزیر
Tajik	вазир (vazir)

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

Related terms

وزارت‎

Descendants

Descendants

Descendants of Classical Persian ‎ (vazīr):

→ Chagatai: وزیر‎
- Uyghur:
  Arabic script: ۋەزىر‎ (wezir)
  
  Cyrillic script: вәзир (wezir)
- Uzbek:
  Cyrillic script: вазир (vazir)
  
  Latin script: vazir
→ Kazakh:
Cyrillic script: уәзір (uäzır)

Arabic script: ٴۋازىر‎
→ Ottoman Turkish: وزیر‎ (vazīr /väzir/)
- Turkish: vezir

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)

References

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (vazir), from Arabic وَزِير‎ (wazīr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ziːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ziːɾ/

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of وزیر
	singular	plural
direct	وزیر‎ (vazīr)	وزیر‎ (vazīr)
oblique	وزیر‎ (vazīr)	وزیروں‎ (vazīrō̃)
vocative	وزیر‎ (vazīr)	وزیرو‎ (vazīrō)

Related terms

وزارت‎ (vizārat)

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