وزير الخارجية

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, "minister of the exterior", from وَزِير (wazīr, minister) + الْخارِجِيَّة (al-ḵārijiyya, the exterior).

Noun

وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة • (wazīr al-ḵārijiyya) m (plural وُزَرَاء الْخَارِجِيَّة (wuzarāʔ al-ḵārijiyya))

  1. foreign secretary, foreign minister, Secretary of State

Declension

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “وزير الخارجية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
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