name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mirza
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɪəzə/
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UK: /ˈməːzə/
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CMU ARPABET: M ER1 Z AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
A title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince, signifying a male-line descent and relationship to the Imperial Families of Turkey, Persia and later South Asia, and was the title borne by members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan.
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History
Etymology
From Persian میرزا (mirzâ), from earlier میرزاد (mirzâd), composed of میر (mir, “commander”) (from Arabic title أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”)) and the suffix ـزاد، ـزاده (-zâd, -zâde, “child of, son of”), from زادن (zâdan). Akin to Amir, amir, emir and admiral.
From Persian میرزا (mirzâ).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: mirzə — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Kazakh: мырза (myrza) — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Marathi: मिर्झा (mirjhā) — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Persian: میرزا (mirzâ) — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Russian: мурза́ (murzá) — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Turkish: mirza — title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
- Hindi: मिरजा (mirjā) — Translations
- Hindi: मीरजा (mīrjā) — Translations
- Hindi: मीरजाया (mīrjāyā) — Translations
- Hindi: अमीरजादा (amīrjādā) — Translations
- Marathi: मिरजा (mirjā) — Translations
- Persian: میرزا — Translations
- Urdu: مرزا (mirzā) — Translations
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