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Wazir
Wazir comes from Pashto وزير, and goes back to Arabic وَزِير ‘minister, cabinet minister’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَزِيرassistant‘minister, cabinet minister’
- PashtomodernوزيرWëzír
- EnglishtodayWazir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentوَزِيرassistant‘minister, cabinet minister’
- PashtomodernوزيرWëzír
- EnglishtodayWazir
Linked words
through Arabic وَزِير ‘minister, cabinet minister’
Today it means
noun A member of a tribe of Pashtuns in Waziristan, Pakistan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic وَزِير / Wazir