بزرگ

Alviri-Vidari

Adjective

بزرگ (bozorg) (comparative بزرگ‌تر‎ (bozorg-ter))

  1. large, big
  2. great

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢‎ (wuzurg, wazurg, “big, great”), from Old Persian 𐎺𐏀𐎼𐎣 (vazạrka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras.

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /buzuɾɡ/

  • Audio (Iranian Persian)(file)

Adjective
Dari بزرگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik бузург (buzurg)

بزرگ • (bozorg) (comparative بزرگ‌تَر‎ (bozorg-tar), superlative بزرگ‌تَرین‎ (bozorg-tarin))

  1. large, big
    ‏نزدیک شهر کوه بزرگی است.‎‎ (literary) ― nazdik-e šahr kuh-e bozorgi ast ― There is a large mountain near the city.
    ‏نزدیک شهر کوهی بزرگ است.‎‎ (literary) ― nazdik-e šahr kuhi bozorg ast ― There is a large mountain near the city.
    ‏نزدیک شهر یه کوه بزرگه.‎‎ (colloquial) ― nazdik-e šahr ye kuh-e bozorg-e ― There is a large mountain near the city.
    ‏خانهٔ شما خیلی بزرگ است.‎‎ (literary) ― xâne-ye šomâ xeyli bozorg ast ― Your house is very large.
    ‏خونه‌تون خیلی بزرگه.‎‎ (colloquial) ― xune-tun xeyli bozorg-e ― Your house is very large.
  2. great
    ‏او واقعاً آدم بزرگی ست.‎‎ ― u vâqe'an âdam-e bozorgi st ― He is a Great person.
  3. major
    ‏یک شرکت بزرگ‎‎
    yek šerkat-e bozorg
    a major company.

Inflection
    Predicative forms of بزرگ (bozorg)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 بزرگم‎
(bozorgam)		 بزرگیم‎
(bozorgim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 بزرگی‎
(bozorgi)		 بزرگید‎
(bozorgid)
بزرگین‎ △
(bozorgin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 بزرگ است‎
(bozorg ast)
بزرگه‎ △
(bozorge)		 بزرگند‎
(bozorgand)
بزرگن‎ △
(bozorgan)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants
  • → Bengali: বুজুর্গ (buzurg)
  • → Gujarati: બુજરગ (bujrag)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg)
    Urdu: بُزُرْگ‎ (buzurg)
  • → Marathi: बुजुर्ग (buj̈urga)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗ (bazurag)
    Shahmukhi script: بَزُرگ‎ (bazurg)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بزرك‎ (büzürk)
    • Turkish: büzürk

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بزرگ‎ (buzurg).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بُزُرْگ • (buzurg) (Hindi spelling बुज़ुर्ग)

  1. old in age; elderly
    ‏میں نے سنا ہے کہ جس آدمی کے ساتھ میری شادی ہونے والی ہے وہ کافی بزرگ ہیں‎
    Ma͠i ne sunā hai ki jis ādmī ke sāth merī śādī hone vālī hai voh kāfī buzurg ha͠i.
    I've heard that the man I'm getting married to is quite old.

Noun

بُزُرْگ • (buzurg) m (Hindi spelling बुज़ुर्ग)

  1. senior; elderly person
    ‏بزرگوں کے حفاظت کے لئے ہمیں کوئی طریقہ ڈھونڈھنا ہوگا‎
    Buzurgõ ke hifāzat ke liye hamẽ koī tarīqa ḍhūnḍhnā hogā.
    We must find some method for the protection of the elderly.
  2. saint, holy person
    Synonyms: ولی‎, مقدس‎
  3. ancestor; forefather
  4. grandee, noble
  5. (obsolete) great; large, big

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • بُزُرْگ زادَہ‎ (buzurg-zāda, “noble-born”)
  • بُزُرْگ مَنِش‎ (buzurg-maniś, “noble-minded”)
  • بُزُرْگی‎ (buzurgī, “nobility; seniority”)
  • بُزُرْگوار‎ (buzurgvār, “elder; saint; ancestor”)
  • بُزُرْگْواری‎ (buzurgvārī, “greatness”)

References
  • “بزرگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بزرگ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “بزرگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “بزرگ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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