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♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘impregnable mountain, refuge, armament; support, counsellor; to bear, back up; to carry, heavy load, crime, sin’

▪ BAH2008: The word wazar ‘mountain’ or ‘refuge’ is said to be of Nab origin, and wazīr is said to be originally Pers. Cf., however, s.v.
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wizr وِزْر , pl. ʔawzār

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√WZR

1 heavy load, burden, encumbrance. – 2 sin, crime. – 3 responsibleness, responsibility – WehrCowan1979.

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▪ wizr ▪ eC7 1 (load, burden, heavy weight) Q 20:87 walākin-nā ḥummilnā ʔawzāran min zīnāti ’l-qawmi fa-qaḏafnā-hā ‘but we were laden with burdens from the people’s ornaments, so we threw them [into the fire]. – 2 (guilt, crime, sin, responsibility) 20:100 man ʔaʕraḍa ʕan-hu fa-ʔinna-hū yaḥmilu yawma ’l-qiyāmati wizran ‘whoever turns away from it will bear a heavy responsibility on the Day of Resurrection’. – wāziraẗ (PA I f., a person/soul having the capacity to be responsible for his/her actions, a legal entity) Q 6:164 wa-lā taziru wāziratun wizra ʔuḫrà ‘no soul capable of carrying responsibility shall bear the guilt of another’. – wazar (refuge, place of refuge) Q 75:11 kallā lā wazara ‘truely, there will be no refuge’. – wazīr (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-1: Ar wazara ‘porter (un fardeau)’, wazira ‘porter [une charge de] faute, être accusé d’un péché, d’une faute, d’un crime’, wizr ‘lourd fardeau, charge, crime’, wazr ‘montagne pouvant servir de refuge’, wāzara ‘aider, assister qn’, ʔawzara ‘cacher, procurer un refuge’, ĭstawzara ‘emporter qc’, ʔawzar ‘armes’.
▪ Cf. however also ↗wazīr and ↗WZR in general.

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► ḥammala-hū wizra ‑hū, to make s.o. bear the responsibility for s.th., make s.o. answerable for s.th.
► waḍaʕat-i ’l-ḥarbu ʔawzāra ‑hā, the war has come to an end: cf. Q 47:4.

► wazara (1), yaziru (wizr), vb. I, to take upon o.s., carry (a burden): denom.?
► wazara (2), yaziru, and wazira, yawzaru (wizr, wazr, ziraẗ), vb. I, to commit a sin: fig. use of preceding?
► wāzara, vb. III, to help, assist, aid, support (ʕalà in s.th.): L-stem, associative (*‘to carry the burden together with s.o.’). Or var. of ↗ʔāzara ‘id.’, from ↗ʔazara ‘to surround, gird’?
► ʔawzara, vb. IV, to support, back up, strengthen s.o.’s (DO) arm: probably denom. from ^†waz(a)r ‘(mountain-) refuge’ (see WZR_6 s.v. ↗WZR), lit. *‘to provide a refuge for s.o.’?
► tawazzara, vb. V, to become a (cabinet) minister: t-stem (quasi-pass.) of D-stem *wazzara ‘to appoint as vizier, minister’, appell., denom. from wazīr.
► tawāzara, vb. VI, to help each other: t-stem of III, recipr.
► ĭttazara, vb. VIII, 1 ↗wazraẗ. – 2 to commit a sin: t-stem (< *ĭwtazara), denom. from wizr [v2].
► ĭstawzara, vb. X, 1 to appoint as (cabinet) minister; 2 to be appointed as (cabinet) minister: Št-stem, request., denom. from wazīr (*‘to ask s.o. to be a minister’ or *‘to aspire to become a minister’).
► ^BP#96wazīr, pl. wuzarāʔ, n., 1 (cabinet) minister; 2 vizier; 3 queen (in chess): [v1] is modern, [v3] term.tech., both from [v2], which existed in the meaning of ^†‘helper’ as a quasi-PP of vb. I, lit. *‘loaded with a burden (wizr)’, but then merged with, and was superseded by, a loanword from mPers. – For details and compounds, see ↗s.v.
► ^BP#217wizāraẗ, pl. -āt, n.f., 1 ministry; 2 rank of minister; 3 cabinet, government: n.prof., from wazīr. – For compounds see ↗s.v.
► ^BP#2900wizārī, adj., ministerial: nsb-adj., from wizāraẗ.

For other items of √WZR, cf. ↗WZR, ↗wizraẗ, ↗wazaraẗ.

wizraẗ وِزْرة , pl. wizarāt

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√WZR

n.f.

loincloth – WehrCowan1979.

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► ĭttazara, vb. VIII, 1 to wear a loincloth; to put on (a garment): denom. – 2 ↗wizr

wazaraẗ وزرة , pl. ‑āt

√WZR

n.f.

skirt, skirting (arch.) – WehrCowan1979.

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wazīr وَزِير , pl. wuzarāʔᵘ

√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’.
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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.

wizāraẗ وِزارَة , pl. ‑āt

√WZR

n.f.f.

1 ministry. – 2 rank of minister. – 3 cabinet, government – WehrCowan1979.

nomin. formation, designating the office of a ↗wazīr.

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► wizāraẗ al-ʔiršād al-qawmī, n.f., ministry of national guidance (Eg.)
► wizāraẗ al-ʔašġāl al-ʕumūmiyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of public works
► wizāraẗ al-ʔiʕlām, n.f., ministry of information
► wizāraẗ al-ĭqtiṣād al-waṭanī, n.f., ministry of national economy
► wizāraẗ al-ʔawqāf, n.f., ministry of religious endowments, wakf ministry
► wizāraẗ al-baḥriyyaẗ, n.f., naval department, ministry of the navy
► wizāraẗ al-tiǧāraẗ, n.f., ministry of commerce
► wizāraẗ al-taḫṭīṭ, n.f., ministry of city planning and road construction
► wizāraẗ al-tarbiyaẗ wa’l-taʕlīm, n.f., ministry of education
► wizāraẗ al-tamwīn, n.f., ministry of supply
► wizāraẗ al-ḥarbiyyaẗ, n.f., war ministry
► wizāraẗ al-ḥaqqāniyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of justice
► wizāraẗ al-ḫāriǧiyyaẗ, n.f., foreign ministry
► wizāraẗ al-dāḫiliyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of the interior
► wizāraẗ al-difāʕ al-waṭanī, n.f., ministry of national defence
► wizāraẗ al-zirāʕaẗ and wizāraẗ al-filāḥaẗ, n.f., ministry of agriculture
► wizāraẗ al-šuʔūn al-ĭǧtimāʕiyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of social affairs
► wizāraẗ al-šuʔūn al-baladiyyaẗ wa’l-qarawiyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of municipal and rural affairs
► wizāraẗ al-ṣiḥḥaẗ al-ʕumūmiyyaẗ, n.f., ministry of public health
► wizāraẗ al-ṣināʕaẗ wa’l-ṭāqaẗ, n.f., ministry of industry and energy ressources
► wizāraẗ al-ṭayarān, n.f., air ministry
► wizāraẗ al-ʕadl (al-ʕadliyyaẗ), n.f., ministry of justice
► wizāraẗ al-quwà al-ʕāmilaẗ wa’l-tadrīb al-mihanī, n.f., ministry of labour and vocational training
► wizāraẗ al-māliyyaẗ, n.f., finance ministry
► wizāraẗ al-maʕārif, n.f., ministry of education
► wizāraẗ al-muwāṣalāt, n.f., ministry of communication

► ^BP#2900wizārī, adj., ministerial: nsb-adj., from wizāraẗ.

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