بزرگ

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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, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? buzurg
Dari reading? buzurg
Iranian reading? bozorg
Tajik reading? buzurg
  • Audio (Iranian Persian)(file)

Adjective

Dari بزرگ
Iranian Persian
Tajik бузург

بُزُرْگ • (bozorg) (comparative بُزُرْگ‌تَر (bozorg-tar), superlative بُزُرْگ‌تَرین (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.
    خونه‌ شما خیلی بزرگه. (colloquial) ― xune-ye šomâ 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.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بُزُرْگ (buzurg).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بُزُرْگ • (buzurg) (Hindi spelling बुज़ुर्ग)

  1. old in age; elderly
    مَیں نے سُنَا ہَے کِہ جِس آدْمی کے سَاتھ میرِی شَادِی ہونے وَالِی ہَے وُہ کَافِی بُزُرْگ ہَیں
    ma͠i ne sunā hai ki jis ādmī ke sāth merī śādī hone vālī hai vo 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
    بُزُرْگوں کے حِفَاظَت کے لِئے ہَمِیں کوئی طَرِیقَہ ڈُھونْڈْھنا ہوگا
    buzurgõ ke hifāzat ke lie hamī̃ koī tarīqa ḍhūnḍhnā hogā
    We must find some method for the protection of the elderly.
  2. saint, holy person
    Synonyms: وَلی (valī), مُقَدَّس (muqaddas)
  3. ancestor; forefather
  4. grandee, noble
  5. (obsolete) great; large, big

Derived terms

References

  • “بزرگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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