Arabic vocabulary
وَزِيرٌminister
How to say “minister” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
كَانَ الْوَزِيرُ ابْنُ يُوْنُسِ الْحَنَبَلِيُّ قَدْ عَقَدَ مَجْلِسًا لِلرُّكْنِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ الْجِيلِيِّ،
The minister Ibn Yunus al-Hanbali had convened a session for al-Rukn Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jili,
الْوَزِيرُ — the minister. A definite noun 'the minister', the subject of the background frame; its 'the' marks the specific official, and the name-chain that follows is in apposition, naming the same man.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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