میرزا

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Pashto

Pronunciation

Noun

میرزا (mírzâm

  1. clerk

Declension

Persian

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Etymology

From earlier میرزاد (mirzâd), compound of میر (mir, master) and the suffix ـزاد، ـزاده (-zâd, -zâde, child of, son of), from زادن (zâdan, to bear).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mīrzā, mirzā
Dari reading? mīrzā, mirzā
Iranian reading? mirzâ, merzâ
Tajik reading? mirzo

Noun

Dari میرزا
Iranian Persian
Tajik мирзо

میرزا (mirzâ) (plural میرزاها (mirzâ-hâ) or میرزایان (mirzâyân)) (historical)

  1. Mirza; a noble title.
  2. mirza, clerk, scribe

Usage notes

  • In nineteenth-century Iran, میرزا (mirzâ) as a noble title came after the name, and میرزا (mirzâ) as a title for clerks or literates came before the name. In India, the noble title could come on both sides of the name.

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