ܘܙܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܘ ܙ ܪ (w z r)
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [wazziːrɑː]

Noun

ܘܲܙܝܼܪܵܐ • (wazīrā) m sg (plural ܘܲܙܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (wazīrē), feminine ܘܲܙܝܼܪܬܵܐ (wazīrtā))

  1. minister, cabinet minister
  2. vizier, vicegerent

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wazzirɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [wazzire] (plural)

Noun

ܘܙܝܪܐ • (wazzīrā) m (plural ܘܙܝܪܐ (wazzīrē))

  1. vizier, minister, vicegerent

Inflection

References

  • wzyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 81b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 107b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 357b
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