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单词 mirza
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mirzan.

Brit. /ˈmɪəzə/, /ˈməːzə/, U.S. /ˈmɪrzə/
Forms: 1500s miriza, 1500s mirize, 1500s morsey, 1500s mursay, 1500s murse, 1600s meirsa, 1600s mirzey, 1600s mursi, 1600s murze, 1600s–1700s murza, 1600s– mirza, 1700s myrza, 1700s–1800s meerza.
Origin: A borrowing from Persian. Etymon: Persian mīrzā.
Etymology: < Persian mīrzā (also in form mirzā ), shortened < amīrzāda < amīr emir n. (see also Mir n.1) + zāda born, son of ( < Old Iranian zāta- , past participle with passive sense of zādan to generate, bear children: cognate with genital adj.). Compare Urdu mirzā, mīrzā. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (mī·ɹzā) /ˈmirzaː/.
Now historical.
(a) In Persian-speaking areas: a prince. Also used as a title before or, esp. in Iran (Persia), after the name of a prince. (b) In Iran (Persia) and India used as an honorific title for an educated man. Hence: a clerk, secretary, or official.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other Indian, Asian, or Muslim
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > prefixed to name > specifically in Persia or Iran to an official or man of learning
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c1560 A. Jenkinson Voy. Boghar in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1903) ii. 452 Every Hord had a ruler, whom they obeyed as their king, and was called a Murse.
1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians sig. IIi1 v Miriza, and Mirize,..the title of a Prince in Persia. The Kings chiefe Lieutenant.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 70 The Persian Prince, hunted him backe againe, not daring to abide a Combat with that happy Mirza.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 381 When the other Party..creeps with a dejected countenance to the feet of the Cadi, calling him Mirza.
1758 in J. Mill Hist. Brit. India (1817) III. 276 ‘My Lord Nawab’ answered the Mirza getting up.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VI. lxv. 351 The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions.
1824 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba III. xxxiv. 386 Hajji Baba, the barber's son, entered his native place, as Mirza Hajji Baba, the Shah's deputy.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 628/1 The somewhat common prefix ‘mirza’ is usually taken by the high functionaries of state.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 347/1 The Governor sent over his ‘mirza’ (clerk) to us, stating he was very sorry, but a sudden attack of fever would prevent him paying us his intended call.
1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 59 Yesterday had been the tenth day, dusmoo, after the funeral of Minocher Mirza.
1993 W. Dalrymple City of Djinns (BNC) 215 The key was to draw as firm a distinction as possible between the mirza and ordinary folk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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