wazīr وَزِير , pl. wuzarāʔᵘ
ID 921 • Sw – • BP 96 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021, last update 11Apr2023
√WZR
1 (cabinet) minister. – 2 vizier. – 3 queen (in chess) – WehrCowan1979.
▪ Cheung2017rev: rather not of Ir origin, but < Ar ↗wazara ‘to take upon oneself, carry a burden’. For details, see below, section DISC.
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▪ eC7 (counsellor, helper, supporter) Q 20:29 wa-’ǧʕal lī wazīran min ʔahlī ‘and provide for me a helper from my family’
▪ DRS 6 (1996)#WZR-2: Ar wazīr, Mhr wəzayr, EJib ɛzayr, Gz wazir ‘vizir, ministre’, Amh wäzir, wazir ‘conseiller d’un monarque’.
▪ Cf. however also ↗wizr.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl vizier, from Ar wazīr ‘vizier, minister, burdened’, either from ʔāzara ‘to help’, L-stem of ↗ʔazara ‘to surround’ (see above), or from ↗wazara ‘to carry a burden, take upon oneself’.
► wazīr al-dawlaẗ, n.f., minister of state, cabinet minister without portfolio
► wazīr mufawwaḍ, n., minister plenipotentiary (dipl.)
► wazīr muqīm, n., minister resident (Tun.)
► al-wazīr al-ʔakbar or al-wazīr al-ʔawwal, n., the Prime Minister
► maǧlis al-wuzarāʔ, n., cabinet, council of ministers; for the various departments see entry ↗wizāraẗ. ► tawazzara, vb. V, to become a (cabinet) minister: tD-stem, pass. of caus. *II, denom.
► ĭstawzara, vb. X, 1 to appoint as (cabinet) minister: tŠ-stem, appellative; 2 to be appointed as (cabinet) minister: intr./quasi-pass. use of [v1].
► BP#217wizāraẗ, pl. ‑āt, n.f., 1 ministry; 2 rank of minister; 3 cabinet, government: nomin. formation, designating the office of a wazīr. – For the various departments see separate entry ↗wizāraẗ
► BP#2900wizārī, adj., ministerial: nsb-adj., from wizāraẗ.
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