"vizier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɪˈzɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɪzɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vɪˈzɪɹ/ [General-American] Forms: viziers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ota|وزیر|tr=vezir}} Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), {{cog|tr|vezir}} Turkish vezir, {{m|fr|vizir}} vizir, {{der|en|ar|وَزِير||helper, aide, minister|lit=one who bears (the burden of office)}} Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”), {{doublet|en|wazir}} Doublet of wazir, {{root|en|ar|و ز ر}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} vizier (plural viziers)
  1. (history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. Categories (topical): History Translations (high-ranking official): vezir [masculine] (Albanian), وَزِير (wazīr) [masculine] (Arabic), وزير (wazīr) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), վեզիր (vezir) (Armenian), nazir (Azerbaijani), vəzir (Azerbaijani), вәзир (vəzir) (Bashkir), উজির (ujir) (Bengali), везир (vezir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), visir [masculine] (Catalan), 維齊爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 维齐尔 (wéiqí'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 大臣 (dàchén) (Chinese Mandarin), vezir (Crimean Tatar), vezír [masculine] (Czech), vesir (Danish), vizier [masculine] (Dutch), TA-t:Z1-A1 (ṯꜣtj) [masculine] (Egyptian), veziro (Esperanto), visiiri (Finnish), vizir [masculine] (French), visir [masculine] (Galician), ვეზირი (veziri) (Georgian), Wesir [masculine] (German), βεζίρης (vezíris) [masculine] (Greek), વિઝિયર (vijhiyar) [masculine] (Gujarati), וָזִיר (vazír) [masculine] (Hebrew), वज़ीर (vazīr) [masculine] (Hindi), वजीर (vajīr) [masculine] (Hindi), vezír (Hungarian), visír [masculine] (Irish), visir (Italian), уәзір (uäzır) (Kazakh), вазир (wazir) (Kumyk), вазир (vazir) (Kyrgyz), vezirus [construct, masculine, modern] (Latin), viziris [masculine] (Latvian), везир (vezir) (Lezgi), везир (vezir) [masculine] (Macedonian), wazir (Malay), bendahara (Malay), waziri [class-5, class-6] (Maore Comorian), waziri [class-5, class-6] (Ngazidja Comorian), vesir (Norwegian), وزير (wazír) [masculine] (Pashto), وزیر (vazir) (Persian), wezyr [masculine] (Polish), vizir [masculine] (Portuguese), vizir [masculine] (Romanian), визи́рь (vizírʹ) [masculine] (Russian), везир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vezir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), visir [masculine] (Spanish), vesir [common-gender] (Swedish), visir [common-gender] (Swedish), вазир (vazir) (Tajik), вәзир (wäzir) (Tatar), vezir (Turkish), sadrazam (Turkish), wezir (Turkmen), وزیر (vazīr) [masculine] (Urdu), ۋەزىر (wezir) (Uyghur), vazir (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-vizier-en-noun-mq-RAMIn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 21 11 1 10 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'high-ranking official': 64 31 2 1 2
  2. (history) The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-vizier-en-noun-65~bjfpW Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  3. (history) An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal). Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-vizier-en-noun-hSUxdj4J Categories (other): Sumerian links with manual fragments Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  4. vicegerent, viceroy
    Sense id: en-vizier-en-noun-I8oKD9mf
  5. (chess) A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right. Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-vizier-en-noun-PgNsLdfY Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vezir, vezîr (english: stricter transliterations of Ottoman Turkish), vazir (english: via Persian instead of Ottoman Turkish), wasir, wazir, wazīr (english: directly from Arabic), vizir, vizeer, guazil (english: less common forms) Derived forms: grand vizier, vizierate, vizieress, vizierial, viziership Related terms: wazir

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          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "вәзир"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ujir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "উজির"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vezir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "ca",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "維齊爾"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wéiqí'ěr",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "维齐尔"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàchén",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "大臣"
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          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "vezir"
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          "sense": "high-ranking official",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "vesir"
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        {
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          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ṯꜣtj",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "TA-t:Z1-A1"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "veziro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "visiiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vizir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "visir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "veziri",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "ვეზირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wesir"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vezíris",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "βεζίρης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "vijhiyar",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "વિઝિયર"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "vazír",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "וָזִיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vazīr",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वज़ीर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vajīr",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "वजीर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "vezír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "visír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "visir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "uäzır",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "уәзір"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "wazir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "вазир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "vazir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "вазир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "construct",
            "masculine",
            "modern"
          ],
          "word": "vezirus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viziris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "lez",
          "lang": "Lezgi",
          "roman": "vezir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "везир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vezir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "везир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "wazir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "bendahara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "swb",
          "lang": "Maore Comorian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "class-5",
            "class-6"
          ],
          "word": "waziri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "waziri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "vesir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "wazír",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "وزير"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vazir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "وزیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wezyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vizir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vizir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vizírʹ",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "визи́рь"
        },
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          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "везир"
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          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
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          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vezir"
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          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "visir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vesir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "visir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vazir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "вазир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "wäzir",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "вәзир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "vezir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 31 2 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "high-ranking official",
          "word": "sadrazam"
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      "word": "վեզիր"
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      "word": "nazir"
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "উজির"
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      "roman": "vezir",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "везир"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "visir"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "維齊爾"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "wéiqí'ěr",
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      "word": "维齐尔"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "大臣"
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      "word": "vezir"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "vesir"
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      "code": "egy",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "veziro"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "visiiri"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vizir"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ვეზირი"
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "βεζίρης"
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
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      "word": "વિઝિયર"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "vazír",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "וָזִיר"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vezír"
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "visir"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "kum",
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    {
      "code": "ky",
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      "roman": "vazir",
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      "word": "вазир"
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
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      "code": "lez",
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      "roman": "vezir",
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      "word": "везир"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "vezir",
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      "word": "везир"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "wazir"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "bendahara"
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      "code": "zdj",
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      "sense": "high-ranking official",
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        "class-6"
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      "word": "waziri"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "vesir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "wazír",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "وزير"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vazir",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "وزیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vizir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vizir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vizírʹ",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "визи́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "везир"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vezir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "visir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vesir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "visir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vazir",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "вазир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "wäzir",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "вәзир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "vezir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "sadrazam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "wezir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vazīr",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وزیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "wezir",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "ۋەزىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "high-ranking official",
      "word": "vazir"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Grand Vizier",
    "vizier"
  ],
  "word": "vizier"
}

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