# بزرگ
## Alviri-Vidari
### Adjective

بزرگ (bozorg) (comparative بزرگ‌تر (bozorg-ter))
* large, big
* 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: [bu.ˈzuɾɡ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bʊ.zʊ́ɾɡ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bu.zúɾɡ̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bo.zóɹɡʲ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bu.zúɾɡ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

| Dari | بزرگ |
| Iranian Persian | بزرگ |
| Tajik | бузург |
بُزُرْگ • (bozorg) (comparative بُزُرْگ‌تَر (bozorg-tar), superlative بُزُرْگ‌تَرین (bozorg-tarin))
* 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.
* great
    او واقعاً آدم بزرگی ست. ― u vâqe'an âdam-e bozorgi-st ― He is a Great person.
* major
    یک شرکت بزرگyek šerkat-e bozorga major company.

#### 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)
* → Ottoman Turkish: بزرك (büzürg)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗ (bazurag)
    Shahmukhi script: بَزُرگ (bazurg)
* → Malay: besar

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بُزُرْگ (buzurg).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bʊ.zʊɾɡ/
* Hyphenation: بُ‧زُرگ

### Adjective

بُزُرْگ • (buzurg) (Hindi spelling बुज़ुर्ग)
* old in age; elderly
    مَیں نے سُنَا ہَے کِہ جِس آدْمی کے سَاتھ میرِی شَادِی ہونے وَالِی ہَے وُہ کَافِی بُزُرْگ ہَیںma͠i ne sunā hai ki jis ādmī ke sāth merī śādī hone vālī hai vo kāfī buzurg ha͠iI've heard that the man I'm getting married to is quite old.

### Noun

بُزُرْگ • (buzurg) m (Hindi spelling बुज़ुर्ग)
* senior; elderly person
    بُزُرْگوں کے حِفَاظَت کے لِئے ہَمِیں کوئی طَرِیقَہ ڈُھونْڈْھنا ہوگاbuzurgõ ke hifāzat ke lie hamī̃ koī tarīqa ḍhūnḍhnā hogāWe must find some method for the protection of the elderly.
* saint, holy person
    Synonyms: وَلی (valī), مُقَدَّس (muqaddas)
* ancestor; forefather
* grandee, noble
* (obsolete) great; large, big

#### Derived terms

* بُزُرْگ زادَہ (buzurg zāda, “noble-born”)
* بُزُرْگ مَنِش (buzurg maniś, “noble-minded”)
* بُزُرْگوار (buzurgvār, “elder; saint; ancestor”)
* 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, 2025.