Arabic vocabulary
وَزِيرٌminister in Arabic
وَزِيرٌ is how you say “minister” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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.
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