وزير

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Arabic

Etymology

The original attested meaning is “assistant”, and the political sense only arose in the Umayyad period. Likely related to the verb وَزَرَ (wazara, “to carry, to shoulder”) with the root و ز ر (w-z-r), meaning “someone who carries a burden”, but owing to the idea of assistance by handmen this may be denominal. Claimed to be borrowed from an Iranian term surfacing as Middle Persian (wcyl /⁠vičīr⁠/, “decision, judgment”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬗𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vīcira, “arbitrator, judge”, literally “deciding, one who is taking or has made a decision”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ziːr/
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Noun

وَزِير • (wazīr) m (plural وُزَرَاء (wuzarāʔ), feminine وَزِيرَة (wazīra))

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

Declension

Declension of noun وَزِير (wazīr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَزِير
wazīr 		الْوَزِير
al-wazīr 		وَزِير
wazīr
Nominative وَزِيرٌ
wazīrun 		الْوَزِيرُ
al-wazīru 		وَزِيرُ
wazīru
Accusative وَزِيرًا
wazīran 		الْوَزِيرَ
al-wazīra 		وَزِيرَ
wazīra
Genitive وَزِيرٍ
wazīrin 		الْوَزِيرِ
al-wazīri 		وَزِيرِ
wazīri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَزِيرَيْن
wazīrayn 		الْوَزِيرَيْن
al-wazīrayn 		وَزِيرَيْ
wazīray
Nominative وَزِيرَانِ
wazīrāni 		الْوَزِيرَانِ
al-wazīrāni 		وَزِيرَا
wazīrā
Accusative وَزِيرَيْنِ
wazīrayni 		الْوَزِيرَيْنِ
al-wazīrayni 		وَزِيرَيْ
wazīray
Genitive وَزِيرَيْنِ
wazīrayni 		الْوَزِيرَيْنِ
al-wazīrayni 		وَزِيرَيْ
wazīray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وُزَرَاء
wuzarāʔ 		الْوُزَرَاء
al-wuzarāʔ 		وُزَرَاء
wuzarāʔ
Nominative وُزَرَاءُ
wuzarāʔu 		الْوُزَرَاءُ
al-wuzarāʔu 		وُزَرَاءُ
wuzarāʔu
Accusative وُزَرَاءَ
wuzarāʔa 		الْوُزَرَاءَ
al-wuzarāʔa 		وُزَرَاءَ
wuzarāʔa
Genitive وُزَرَاءَ
wuzarāʔa 		الْوُزَرَاءِ
al-wuzarāʔi 		وُزَرَاءِ
wuzarāʔi

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Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
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شَاه (šāh) وَزِير (wazīr) رُخّ (ruḵḵ) فِيل (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic‎, Leiden: Leiden University, pages 19–20
  • Eilers, Wilhelm (1962) “Iranisches Lehngut im arabischen Lexikon”, in Indo-Iranian Journal (in German), volume 5, number 3, pages 216–218
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “وزير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2939b
  • Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 182

Pashto

Pronunciation

Proper noun

وزير • (Wëzír) m

  1. Wazir, Pashtun tribe name

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

وزير • (wazīr) m (plural وزرا (wuzara))

  1. minister
  2. (chess) bishop

See also

Chess pieces in South Levantine Arabic · قطع الشطرنج (ʔuṭaʕ iš-šaṭranj) (layout · text)
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ملك (malik) ملكة (malike) قلعة (ʔalʕa) وزير (wazīr) حصان (ḥsān) جندي (jundi)
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