mirza

American  

[mur-zuh, meer-zah] / ˈmɜr zə, ˈmir zɑ /

noun

1. a royal prince (placed after the name when used as a title).

2. (a title of honor for men, prefixed to the name).

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mirza British  

/ ˈmɜːzə, mɪəˈzɑː /

noun

1. a title of respect placed before the surname of an official, scholar, or other distinguished man

2. a royal prince: used as a title after a name

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Etymology

Origin of mirza

First recorded 1605–15; from Persian mirzā, mīrzā, shortening of amīrzāda ”lord's son,” equivalent to amīr ”lord, chief,” ultimately from Arabic (ʾa)mīr “commander” + native Iranian suffix zā(d) “born”; see origin at emir, kin ( def. )

Example Sentences

The letter probably contains certain instructions about providing me an escort that were overlooked in the letter brought by the mirza.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

During the afternoon the mirza is pitched headlong over his horse's head once, and the khan and the mudbake twice.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Even the usually imperturbable countenance of the mirza lightens up a little, as though infected by the khan's overflowing merriment and the mudbake's rough handling of the young goat.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Perhaps the Mission wishes a language teacher or a mirza.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

Mounting his vacated saddle, I join the mirza and the mudbake in watching him struggle along through the sand with it for some two hundred yards.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas