How to say "minister (government)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningminister (government)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَزِير
wazīrוזיר
وزير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שר
sarسَار
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
و-ز-رHebrew, like English 'vizier', borrowed wazīr for the grand ministers of Muslim courts (הווזיר הגדול). Its deeper origin is debated — Arabic w-z-r 'to bear a burden' or a Persian source — so it stays a loan, not a root match.
Related Hebrew word:וזירvazirڤَازِير
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In a phrase
وَزِير الْخَارِجِيَّة
wazīr al-khārijiyyaוזיר אל-ח'ארג'יהthe foreign minister
Plural
وُزَرَاء
wuzarāʾוזראאbroken plural CuCaCāʾ — like رئيس→رؤساء (raʾīs→ruʾasāʾ)