мурза

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmurzə]

Noun

му́рза • (múrzaf inan (genitive му́рзы, nominative plural му́рзы, genitive plural мурз)

  1. Morza

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Persian میرزا (mirzâ). Cognate with Kazakh мырза (myrza), Kyrgyz мырза (mırza), Uzbek mirzo, Turkish mirza, Azerbaijani mirzə, etc.

Noun

мурза • (murza)

  1. alderman, grandee

References

  • Verbickij, V. I. (1884), “мурза”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan, page 208