Dictionary

mirza en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪəzə/ (UK)
• /ˈməːzə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Persian میرزا (mirzâ).

Meanings

1. (historical) An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
   • This he presented to the Khan of Puhra, who called upon his mirza, or clerk, to read it aloud. 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 46:
   • The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions. 1788, Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, VI.65:

Forms

Relateds

mirza ghasemi

Translations (7)

hi मिरजा (Translations) · fa میرزا (Translations) · hi मीरजा (Translations) · mr मिरजा (Translations) · hi मीरजाया (Translations) · ur مرزا (Translations) · hi अमीरजादा (Translations)