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vizier
or ·
[ vi-zeer, viz-yer ]
noun
- (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
vizier
/ ɪˈɪə /
noun
- a high official in certain Muslim countries, esp in the former Ottoman Empire. Viziers served in various capacities, such as that of provincial governor or chief minister to the sultan
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- ··ٱ [vi-, zeer, -it, -eyt, viz, -yer-it, -y, uh, -reyt], ·s noun
- ·i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vizier1
1555–65; < Turkish ī < Arabic ɲī
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vizier1
C16: from Turkish ī, from Arabic ɲī porter, from wazara to bear a burden
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He kills some number of women until his vizier presents his own daughter, Scheherazade.
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For centuries Albanians served as grand viziers and frontier pashas inside the Ottoman Empire.
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Is it possible that Scheherazade and the vizier had hatched a secret plan?
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But Europeans quickly transformed the "shah" to a king, the "vizier" to the queen, the "elephants" to bishops, the "horses" to knights, the "chariots" to castles and the "foot soldiers" to pawns.
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A hero uses the magic sword of Damascus to free a Baghdad princess from a grand vizier and his son.
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