noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɪzɪə/
Received-Pronunciation:/vɪˈzɪə/
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General-American:/vɪˈzɪɹ/
rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
1
noun
Meaning 1
A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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2
noun
Meaning 2
The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
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Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An ancient Mesopotamian civil servant, the sukkal (𒈛 (sukkal)).
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Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A vicegerent, viceroy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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6
noun
Meaning 6
a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
History
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir) (Turkish vezir) (via French vizir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of wazir.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
vezir
— high-ranking official
Arabic:
وَزِير
(wazīr)
— high-ranking official
Arabic:
وزير
(wazīr)
— high-ranking official
Armenian:
վեզիր
(vezir)
— high-ranking official
Azerbaijani:
nazir
— high-ranking official
Azerbaijani:
vəzir
— high-ranking official
Bashkir:
вәзир
(vəzir)
— high-ranking official
Belarusian:
візі́р
(vizír)
— high-ranking official
Bengali:
উজির
(ujir)
— high-ranking official
Bulgarian:
вези́р
(vezír)
— high-ranking official
Catalan:
visir
— high-ranking official
Chinese Mandarin:
維齊爾 /维齐尔
(wéiqí'ěr)
— high-ranking official
Chinese Mandarin:
大臣
(dàchén)
— high-ranking official
Maore Comorian:
waziri
— high-ranking official
Ngazidja Comorian:
waziri
— high-ranking official
Crimean Tatar:
vezir
— high-ranking official
Czech:
vezír
— high-ranking official
Danish:
vesir
— high-ranking official
Dutch:
vizier
— high-ranking official
Egyptian:
TA-t:Z1-A1
(ṯꜣtj)
— high-ranking official
Esperanto:
veziro
— high-ranking official
Estonian:
vesiir
— high-ranking official
Finnish:
visiiri
— high-ranking official
French:
vizir
— high-ranking official
Galician:
visir
— high-ranking official
Georgian:
ვეზირი
(veziri)
— high-ranking official
German:
Wesir
— high-ranking official
Greek:
βεζίρης
(vezíris)
— high-ranking official
Gujarati:
વિઝિયર
(vijhiyar)
— high-ranking official
Hebrew:
וָזִיר
(vazír)
— high-ranking official
Hindi:
वज़ीर
(vazīr)
— high-ranking official
Hindi:
वजीर
(vajīr)
— high-ranking official
Hungarian:
vezír
— high-ranking official
Irish:
visír
— high-ranking official
Italian:
visir
— high-ranking official
Japanese:
宰相
(saishō)
— high-ranking official
Kazakh:
уәзір
(uäzır)
— high-ranking official
Korean:
와지르
(wajireu)
— high-ranking official
Korean:
재상
(jaesang)
— high-ranking official
Kumyk:
вазир
(wazir)
— high-ranking official
Kyrgyz:
вазир
(vazir)
— high-ranking official
Latin:
vezirus
— high-ranking official
Latvian:
viziris
— high-ranking official
Lezgi:
везир
(vezir)
— high-ranking official
Macedonian:
везир
(vezir)
— high-ranking official
Malay:
wazir
— high-ranking official
Malay:
bendahara
— high-ranking official
Norwegian Bokmål:
vesir
— high-ranking official
Pashto:
وزير
(wazír)
— high-ranking official
Dari:
وَزِیر
(wazīr)
— high-ranking official
Iranian Persian:
وَزیر
(vazir)
— high-ranking official
