ܘܰܙܺܝܪܳܐ wzyrʾ wazirā vizier
Derivative: ܘܲܙܝܼܪܘܼܬܵܐ wzyrwtʾ wazirūṯā the dignity of vizier
MP wizīr [wcyl] decision, judgement (CPD 93; Nyberg 210 f.); Arm. LW včiṙ decree, judgement, sentence (Hübschmann AG 248, no. 627), NP vazīr a vizier, counsellor of state (Steingass 1466); Arab. wazīr id.; see also ManMP wcr decision, judgement (MacKenzie 1979, 533 note on 393; Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 337); NP vačar decree of a judge, vačargar a judge (Steingass 1458). According to Nyberg (210 f.), Arm. LW včiṙ, where -ṙ < -rn-, shows that MP wizīr comes from OIr. *wicirna- < *wicr̥na-, participle of the IE verbal root *kwel(H?)- to turn, move, OInd. cari- (Mayrhofer EWA 1, 534 f.; cf. also OInd. cīrṇa- < *cÎna-), Av. vi-+5kar- to move about, AirWb 450. Nyberg (211) also observes that Av. vīcira- he who decides (AirWb 1438), that Horn 242 lists under NP vazīr, does not belong to this group. Cf. the Semitic word, only casually similar, Syr. gzyrʾ (s.v.); Telegdi 237, 44; Weryho 1972, 312 f. ● wzyr EN chr 77, 16; JaRS 60, 4; Az 8, 3; wzyrwtʾ EN chr 84 pu., Bh chr 200, 21 ◆ LS 185a