পীর

Bengali

Etymology

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

Noun

পীর • (pīr)

1. 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