wazir

See also: Wazir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of vizier.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

wazir (plural wazirs)

  1. Vizier.
    • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 13:
      The Wazir brought him and the King said, "Give him a thousand miskals of gold from the treasury, and load him ten camels with goods for trade, and send him under escort to his own town."

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwazɪr/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧zir
  • Homophone: wasir
  • Rhymes: -zɪr, -ɪr, -r

Etymology 1

From Malay wazir, from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”).

Noun

wazir (plural wazir-wazir)

  1. prime minister
    Synonym: perdana menteri

Etymology 2

Noun

wazir (plural wazir-wazir)

  1. alternative spelling of bawasir

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈwazir/ [ˈwa.zir]
    • Rhymes: -azir
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈwaze(r)/ [ˈwa.ze(r)]
    • Rhymes: -azer, -aze
  • Hyphenation: wa‧zir

Noun

wazir (Jawi spelling وازير, plural wazir-wazir)

  1. (archaic) vizier, vicegerent, viceroy
    Synonym: wizurai

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: wazir (inherited)

Further reading

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