পীর

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (pīr, “elder”), which is from Middle Persian [Term?] (pyl /⁠pīr⁠/, “old, aged, ancient”).

Noun

পীর • (pīr)

saint; holy man; spiritual guide
পীরের মোকামে দেয় সাঁজ
pīrer moqame deẏ śãj
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti

Synonyms: মুর্শিদ (murśid), ওলি (ōli)

Derived terms

পীরালী (pīralī)
পীরি (pīri)
পীরোত্তর (pīrottôr)
পীর পরস্তি (pīr pôrôsti)
পীরজাদা (pīrzada)
পীর ভাই (pīr bhai)
পীর ধরা (pīr dhôra)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “পীর” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “পীর” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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