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mirza

UK/ˈmɪəzə/

mirza noun: an educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.

Noun (1)

mirza (plural mirzas)

  1. (historical) An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
    • The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions.1788, Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, VI.65
    • This he presented to the Khan of Puhra, who called upon his mirza, or clerk, to read it aloud.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 46

Noun (2) capitalized: Mirza

Mirza (plural Mirzas)

  1. 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Mirza

Mirza

  1. A surname.

mirza meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Persian

mirza in Hindi

Translations
मिरजा mirjā, मीरजा mīrjā, मीरजाया mīrjāyā, अमीरजादा amīrjādā

mirza in Marathi

Translations
मिरजा mirjā

mirza in Urdu

Translations
مرزا mirzā

mirza in Persian

Translations
میرزا

Forms of mirza

pluralmirzas
pluralMirzas

Origin of mirza

From Persian میرزا (mirzâ).

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.

Questions about mirza

What does mirza mean?
Mirza means an educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
What is mirza in Hindi?
Mirza in Hindi is मिरजा (mirjā), मीरजा (mīrjā), मीरजाया (mīrjāyā). See Mirza meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mirza?
Mirza can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mirza?
Mirza is pronounced /ˈmɪəzə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mirza?
The plural of mirza is mirzas.

Words near mirza in the dictionary

  1. miry
  2. Miry Creek
  3. miryachit
  4. Miryam
  5. Miryang dog
  6. mirza
  7. mirza ghasemi
  8. Mirzakhanian
  9. Mirzakhanians
  10. Mirzakhanyan
  11. Mirzakhanyans

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