Mirza
See also: mirza
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Mirza f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cheirogaleidae – giant mouse lemurs.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Strepsirrhini - suborder; Lemuriformes - infraorder; Cheirogaleoidea - superfamily; Cheirogaleidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Mirza coquereli (Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, Coquerel's dwarf lemur) - type species; Mirza zaza (northern giant mouse lemur) - other species
References
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Mirza (lemur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mirza on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mirza on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mirza at World Register of Marine Species
- Mirza in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Mirza at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mirza at the Catalogue of Life
- Mirza at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mirza at Paleobiology Database
- Mirza available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Persian میرزا (mirzâ), from earlier میرزاد (mirzâd), composed of میر (mir, “commander”) (from Arabic title أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”)) and the suffix ـزاد، ـزاده (-zâd, -zâde, “child of, son of”), from زادن (zâdan). Akin to Amir, amir, emir and admiral.
Noun
[edit]Mirza (plural Mirzas)
- 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.
Proper noun
[edit]Mirza
- A surname.
Usage notes
[edit]- Equivalent to prince when following the surname; a common title of respect, like Mr., when preceding it.
Translations
[edit]title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince
Further reading
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- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ء م ر
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
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