Vizier Definition

vĭ-zîr, vĭzyər
viziers
noun
In the Ottoman Empire, a high officer in the government; esp., a minister of state.
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Other Word Forms of Vizier

Noun

Singular:
vizier
Plural:
viziers

Origin of Vizier

  • From Turkish vezir (plausibly via French visir, vizir or Spanish visir), from Arabic وزير (wazÄ«r, “helper, aide, minister"), "one who bears (the burden of office)", from an Iranian source. Compare Middle Persian wcyl (vičīr (early), wizÄ«r (late), “decision, judgment"), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬗𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vÄ«cira, “arbitrator, judge"), and Old Armenian Õ¾Õ³Õ«Õ¼ (včiá¹™), an Iranian borrowing.

    From Wiktionary

  • Turkish vezir from Arabic wazīr burdened, minister from ’āzara to help derived form of ’azara to surround ℵzr in Semitic roots or from wazara to carry a burden wzr in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vizier Sentence Examples

  • But, in 1690, the third of the famous Kuprilis, Mustafa, brother of Fazil Ahmed, became grand vizier, and the Turk, still further encouraged by the death of Innocent XI., rallied once more.

  • In even weightier matters the opinion of the grand vizier was slighted.

  • The feast of Ramazan hereupon occurring, the grand vizier unwisely allowed his own troops to disperse.

  • Avicenna seems to have declined the offers of Mahmud the Ghaznevid, and proceeded westwards to Urjensh in the modern Khiva, where the vizier, regarded as a friend of scholars, gave him a small monthly stipend.

  • The vizier gave Firdousi an apartment near himself, and related to the caliph the manner in which he had been treated at Ghazni.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIZ

Words Ending With

RERIER

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Words Starting With V and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With R