buzurg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बुज़ुर्ग (buzurg), Classical Persian بزرگ (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.

Noun

buzurg (plural buzurgs)

  1. (India) An honoured elder or superior.
    • 2010, Anna Bigelow, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in Muslim North India (page 136)
      In an area such as Malerkotla, where there are dozens of tomb shrines to these buzurgs, the belief is that the wilayat is well fortified against all dangers.
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