murza

morza

From Russian мурза, related to mirza.

murza (plural murzas)

1. (historical) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, up to the 19th century, especially one of the second class.

• “murza”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Mazur, zurma

• IPA^(key): /mùɽ.záː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̀ɽ.záː]

mùrzā f (possessed form mùrzar̃)

1. massage

• IPA^(key): /múɽ.zàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ́ɽ.zàː]

murzā̀ (grade 1)

1. to roll strands of cotton between the palms to make thread
2. to rub with palms, to massage

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• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʐa/

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murza m pers

1. (Kociewie) synonym of mruk

• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “murza”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 155