/ˈmɪəzə/, /ˈməːzə/
OriginFrom Persian میرزا (mirzâ).
- historicalAn educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.
“The same success attended the other mirzas and emirs in their excursions.”
“This he presented to the Khan of Puhra, who called upon his mirza, or clerk, to read it aloud.”
- A title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince, signifying a male-line descent and relationship to the Imperial Families of Turkey, Persia and later South Asia, and was the title borne by members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan.
Formsmirzas(plural) · Mirzas(plural)