Sylheti

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pēr). Compare English pir, Turkish pir.

Noun

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ꠙꠤꠞ (fir)

  1. Muslim saint

See also

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References

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  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “fir_²”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.