وزارة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root و ز ر (w-z-r). More at وَزَرَ (wazara) and وَزِير (wazīr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wi.zaː.ra/, /wa.zaː.ra/

Noun[edit]

وِزَارَة or وَزَارَة (wizāra or wazāraf (plural وِزَارَات (wizārāt))

  1. (uncountable) the office, responsibility, or burden of ministry
    1. (countable) the office, responsibility, or burden of a minister, a ministry
    2. (uncountable, archaic) the office, responsibility, or burden of the second most powerful potentate in a monarchy or an autocracy, the office of the grand vizier, the vizierate
  2. (countable) a government department

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Descendants[edit]

  • Swahili: wizara