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পীর

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
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    - Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti
    Synonyms: মুর্শিদ (murśid), ওলি (ōli)

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