পীর

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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)

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