Mirza

See also: mirza

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Mirza f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cheirogaleidae – giant mouse lemurs.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Mirza coquereli (Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, Coquerel's dwarf lemur) - type species; Mirza zaza (northern giant mouse lemur) - other species

References

• Mirza (lemur) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mirza on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mirza on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mirza at World Register of Marine Species
• Mirza in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Mirza at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mirza at the Catalogue of Life 
• Mirza at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Mirza”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025
• Mirza available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

English

Etymology

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

Mirza (plural Mirzas)

1. 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

Mirza

1. A surname.

Usage notes

• Equivalent to prince when following the surname; a common title of respect, like Mr., when preceding it.

Translations

title denoting the rank of a high nobleman or prince

Marathi: मिर्झा (mirjhā) Persian: میرزا (fa) (mirzâ) Turkish: mirza (tr)

Further reading

• Mirza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mizar, ziram