وزیر

See also: وزير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Noun

وزیر • (vezir) (plural وزیرلر (vezirler))

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

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wä.zíːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [wä.zíːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [wä.zíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? wazīr
Dari reading? wazīr
Iranian reading? vazir
Tajik reading? vazir

Noun
Dari وزیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik вазир

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

  1. minister
  2. vizier
  3. (chess) queen

Descendants

See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
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شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir) رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e)		 فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)

References

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian وَزیر (vazīr), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    وَزِیر • (vazīr) m (formal plural وُزَرا (vuzarā) or وَزِیران (vazīrān), Hindi spelling वज़ीर)

    1. (government) minister
      وَزِیرِ تِجارَت ― vazīr-i tijārat ― minister of commerce
    2. vizier
    3. (chess) queen / fers
      Synonym: فَرْزِین (farzīn)

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

    See also
    Chess pieces in Urdu · مہرے کے شطرنج (śatranj ke muhre) (layout · text)
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    بَادْشَاہ (bādśāh) وَزِیر (vazīr) رُخ (rux) فِیلَہ (fīla) گھوڑا (ghoṛā) پِیَادَہ (piyāda)

    References
    • “وزیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “وزیر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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