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mirza (mir′zä′)

noun

a Persian title of honor placed after the name of a royal prince or before the name of a high official, scholar, etc.

Etymology: Pers mīrza, contr. < mīrzādah < mir, prince (< Ar amīr, ruler) + zādah, son of < zādan, to be born < IE base *gen-, to beget > genus

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