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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buzurg

/bu.zuɾɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
buzurg
IPA
/bu.zuɾɡ/
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An honoured elder or superior.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *weǵ-, बुज़ुर्ग, بُزُرْگ, 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢, 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣, *wáȷ́ras

Usage

Inflected Forms

buzurgs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce buzurg?
The recorded pronunciation is /bu.zuɾɡ/.
What does buzurg mean?
An honoured elder or superior.
Where does buzurg come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce buzurg

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