وزارت

See also: وزارة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَزَارَة (wazāra, “ministry; vizierate”).

Noun

وزارت • (vezâret) (definite accusative وزارتی (vezâreti), plural وزارتلر (vezâretler))

1. (historical) vizierate, viziership, the function, dignity, or authority of a vizier

Derived terms

• وزارت عظمی (vezâret-i ʼuzmâ, “the office of a vizier”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: vezaret

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “وزارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 840
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vezaret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5115
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vezâret”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1382
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وزارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1308
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vesiratus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1744
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وزارة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5365
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vezaret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وزارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2135

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِزَارَة (wizāra), وَزَارَة (wazāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wi.zɑː.ɾat], [wa.zɑː.ɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪ.zɑː.ɾät̪], [wä.zɑː.ɾät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɪ.zɑː.ɾät̪], [wä.zɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɪ.zɑː.ɾät̪], [wä.zɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wi.zɔː.ɾät̪], [wä.zɔː.ɾät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ve.zɒː.ɹæt̪], [væ.zɒː.ɹæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vi.zɔ.ɾät̪], [vä.zɔ.ɾät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wizārat, wazārat
Dari reading?	wizārat, wazārat
Iranian reading?	vezârat, vazârat
Tajik reading?	vizorat, vazorat

Noun

Dari	وزارت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вазорат

وِزارَت • (vezârat)

1. ministry

   وزارت دفاع ― vezârat-e defâ' ― Ministry of Defence

   وزارت امور خارجه ایران ― vezârat-e omur-e xâreje-ye irân ― Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2. (historical) viziership, vizierate

Derived terms

• وزارت‌خانه (vezârat-xâne)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: विज़ारत (vizārat), वज़ारत (vazārat)

  Urdu: وِزارَت (vizārat)

• Pashto: وزارت (wezārat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وِزارَت (wizārat), from Arabic وِزَارَة (wizāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.zɑː.ɾət̪/

Noun

وِزارَت • (vizārat) f (Hindi spelling विज़ारत)

1. ministry
2. premiership
3. vizierate

Declension

Declension of وزارت
	singular	plural
direct	وِزارَت (vizārat)	وِزارَتیں (vizāratẽ)
oblique	وِزارَت (vizārat)	وِزارَتوں (vizāratõ)
vocative	وِزارَت (vizārat)	وِزارَتو (vizārato)