Mirza

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk. historical

    "The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions."

  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    a title of respect placed before the surname of an official, scholar, or other distinguished man. wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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emirheir apparentkhankingprincesahib

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"The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Persian میرزا (mirzâ).

Etymology 2

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.

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