单词 | mirza |
释义 | mirzan. 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other Indian, Asian, or Muslim mirzac1560 zamorin1582 Rana1630 imam1698 Nizam1769 chagan1776 khakan1777 Gaekwar1782 Sawbwa1800 temenggong1964 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 mirzac1560 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). < n.c1560 |
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