: a common title of honor in Persia prefixed to the surname of a person of distinction
Word History
Etymology
Persian mīrzā, mirzā, literally, son of a lord, from mīr lord, chief + zā born, son, from zād, zāda, from zādan to be born, from Middle Persian zātan; akin to Avestan zāta- born, Latin gignere to beget