vizierとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• vezir, vezîr (stricter transliterations of Ottoman Turkish)
• vazir (via Persian instead of Ottoman Turkish)
• wasir, wazir, wazīr (directly from Arabic)
• vizir, vizeer, guazil (less common forms)

語源

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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɪzɪə/, /vɪˈzɪə/
• (General American) IPA: /vɪˈzɪɹ/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)

名詞

vizier (plural viziers)

1. (history) A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
2. (history) The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
3. (history) An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal).
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:

     As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.

4. A vicegerent, viceroy.
5. (chess) A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.

派生語

• grand vizier
• vizierate
• vizieress
• vizierial
• viziership

派生した語

• → Irish: visír
• → Welsh: fisir

参考

• wazir

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