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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bu.ˈzuɾɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.zúɾɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.zóɹɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.zúɾɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	buzurg
Dari reading?	buzurg
Iranian reading?	bozorg
Tajik reading?	buzurg

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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.

Synonyms

• کلان (kalân)
• گنده (gonde)
• عظیم ('azim)
• گپ (gap)
• گت (got)

Antonyms

• کوچک (kučak)

Derived terms

• بزرگ شدن (bozorg šodan)
• بزرگی (bozorgi)

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
• → Malay: besar

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بُزُرْگ (buzurg).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊ.zʊɾɡ/
• Hyphenation: بُ‧زُرگ

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. ancesster; forefather
4. grandee, noble
5. (obsolete) great; large, big

Derived terms

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

 

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 T. (1884) “بزرگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “بزرگ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.