уәзір

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ٴۋازىر
Cyrillic уәзір
Latin uäzır
Yañalif uəzjr

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَزٖیر (wazīr), from Arabic وَزِيرٌ m (wazīrun, helper, aide, minister, indefinite nominative singular, literally one who bears (the burden of office)).

Compare also Kyrgyz вазир (vazir), Bashkir вәзир (vəzir), Tatar вәзир (wäzir), Crimean Tatar vezir; Uzbek vazir, Uyghur ۋەزىر (wezir), Turkish vezir, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæ.zɘr/
  • Hyphenation: уә‧зір

Noun

уәзір • (uäzır)

  1. vizier (high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government)
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

Derived terms

  • бас уәзір (bas uäzır, grand vizier)

See also

Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text)
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патша (patşa) уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym) тура (tura) піл (pıl) ат (at) пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz)
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