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وِزَارَة

the office

NounRoot و-ز-ر

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Plural
وِزَارَات

وِزَارَة in English

Noun

  1. the office, responsibility, or burden of ministry
    1. the office, responsibility, or burden of a minister, a ministry
    2. 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 archaic, uncountable
  2. a government department

Word origin

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

Words from the root و-ز-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

اِسْتَوْزَرَ · present يَسْتَوْزِرُ

to appoint (someone) as a vizier/viceregent/minister; to seek a ministerial position

اِسْتِيزَار
Verbal noun
مُسْتَوْزِر
Active participle
مُسْتَوْزَر
Passive participle
Noun
the office
وِزْر
Noun · m.
burden
وِزَارِيّ
Adjective
ministerial
بَيْوِزَارِيّ
Adjective
interministerial

وِزَارَة: plural and other forms

Singularوِزَارَة
Pluralوِزَارَات

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