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buzurg

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Bangladesh/bu.zuɾɡ/

buzurg noun: an honoured elder or superior.

Noun

buzurg (plural buzurgs)

  1. (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South-Asia) An honoured elder or superior.
    • In an area such as Malerkotla, where there are dozens of tomb shrines to these buzurgs, the belief is that the wilayat is well fortified against all dangers.2010, Anna Bigelow, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in Muslim North India, page 136

Forms of buzurg

pluralbuzurgs

Origin of buzurg

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg) / Urdu بُزُرْگ (buzurg), from Classical Persian بُزُرْگ (buzurg), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢 (wazurg, wuzurg), from Old Persian 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka, “great, large”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́rakas (“endowed with strength”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-. Doublet of vajra and waker. Further related through the same Indo-European root to vigil, vigor, and vegetable.

Questions about buzurg

What does buzurg mean?
Buzurg means an honoured elder or superior.
What part of speech is buzurg?
Buzurg is a noun.
How do you pronounce buzurg?
Buzurg is pronounced /bu.zuɾɡ/ (Bangladesh).
What is the plural of buzurg?
The plural of buzurg is buzurgs.

Words near buzurg in the dictionary

  1. Buzoești
  2. buzuki
  3. buzukis
  4. buzuq
  5. buzuqs
  6. buzurg
  7. buzurgs
  8. buzz
  9. buzz about
  10. buzz bar
  11. buzz bars

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