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noun
An honoured elder or superior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South-Asia
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
