# vizier
## English
### Alternative forms

* vezir, vezîr (stricter transliterations of Ottoman Turkish)
* vazir (via Persian instead of Ottoman Turkish)
* wasir, wazir, wazīr (directly from Arabic)
* vizir, vizeer, guazil (less common forms)

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vɪˈzɪə/, /ˈvɪzɪə/
* (General American) IPA: /vɪˈzɪɹ/
* Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

### Noun

vizier (plural viziers)
* (history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
* (history) The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
* (history) An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal).
** 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.
* vicegerent, viceroy
* (chess) A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

#### Derived terms

* grand vizier
* vizierate
* vizieress
* vizierial
* viziership

#### Descendants

* → Irish: visír
* → Welsh: fisir

#### Translations

Albanian: vezir (sq) m
Arabic: وَزِير m (wazīr)
Egyptian Arabic: وزير m (wazīr)
Armenian: վեզիր (hy) (vezir)
Azerbaijani: nazir (az), vəzir
Bashkir: вәзир (vəzir)
Bengali: উজির (bn) (ujir)
Bulgarian: везир m (vezir)
Catalan: visir (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 維齊爾／维齐尔 (zh) (wéiqí'ěr), 大臣 (zh) (dàchén)
Crimean Tatar: vezir
Czech: vezír m
Danish: vesir
Dutch: vizier (nl) m
Egyptian: (ṯꜣtj m)
Esperanto: veziro
Finnish: visiiri (fi)
French: vizir (fr) m
Galician: visir (gl) m
Georgian: ვეზირი (veziri)
German: Wesir (de) m
Greek: βεζίρης (el) m (vezíris)
Gujarati: વિઝિયર m (vijhiyar)
Hebrew: וָזִיר (he) m (vazír)
Hindi: वज़ीर m (vazīr), वजीर (hi) m (vajīr)
Hungarian: vezír (hu)
Irish: visír m
Italian: visir (it)
Kazakh: уәзір (uäzır)
Kumyk: вазир (wazir)
Kyrgyz: вазир (ky) (vazir)
Latin: vezirus m (modern construct)
Latvian: viziris m
Lezgi: везир (vezir)
Macedonian: везир m (vezir)
Malay: wazir, bendahara
Maore Comorian: waziri class 5/6
Ngazidja Comorian: waziri class 5/6
Norwegian: vesir
Pashto: وزير (ps) m (wazír)
Persian: وزیر (fa) (vazir)
Polish: wezyr (pl) m
Portuguese: vizir m
Romanian: vizir (ro) m
Russian: визи́рь (ru) m (vizírʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: везир m
Roman: vezir (sh) m
Spanish: visir (es) m
Swedish: vesir (sv) c, visir (sv) c
Tajik: вазир (vazir)
Tatar: вәзир (tt) (wäzir)
Turkish: vezir (tr), sadrazam (tr)
Turkmen: wezir
Urdu: وزیر (ur) m (vazīr)
Uyghur: ۋەزىر (wezir)
Uzbek: vazir (uz) :

### See also

* wazir

### References

* ↑ “vizier”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere.

#### Noun

vizier n (plural vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)
* visor, a removable protective guard on a (knight's) helmet
* backsight, a visual aiming aid on the barrel of a gun

### Etymology 2

From Middle French visir, from Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”).

#### Noun

vizier m (plural viziers or vizieren, diminutive viziertje n)
* a high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire

##### Derived terms

* grootvizier m
* vizierschap n

### References

* M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]