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پزرگ

Urdu translation: Saint,Pious,Elder,Respected Individual

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08:05 Nov 28, 2010

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English term or phrase: پزرگ

پزرگ in English?

userone2345

Urdu translation:Saint,Pious,Elder,Respected Individual

Explanation:
Used when refering to a honourable person

Selected response from:

Shihab Uddin
Local time: 22:15

Grading comment

thanx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

Elderly person/ Venerable person/ Forefathers / Elderly devotee

Quamrul Islam

5 +2

Saint or Elder

Haris Ali Dogar

5 +1

Elder or Elderly

Aisha Rishi

Senior

Hakeem Shali

Saint,Pious,Elder,Respected Individual

Shihab Uddin

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Saint or Elder

Explanation:
It depends upon the situation where you are using this word.

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Haris Ali Dogar
Pakistan
Local time: 02:15
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Elder or Elderly

Explanation:
Both words can be used for بزرگ depending on the context.

Aisha Rishi
Pakistan
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of:

Urdu
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Elderly person/ Venerable person/ Forefathers / Elderly devotee

Explanation:
Depending upon the context, پزرگ has the most common meaning of "elderly, an elderly person, the elders, a senior citizen, venerable/honourable person, forefather(s)" etc.
پزرگ may also refer to a religious devotee, a holy person, especially an elderly one.

Example sentence(s):

Quamrul Islam
Local time: 03:15
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Bengali,

Urdu

1 day3 hrs confidence:

Saint,Pious,Elder,Respected Individual

Explanation:
Used when refering to a honourable person

Shihab Uddin
Local time: 22:15
Native speaker of:

Bengali
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanx

2 days5 hrs confidence:

Senior

Explanation:
as in Senior's Discount
A discount offered to elderly, to show respect

Hakeem Shali
United States
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

Panjabi

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Nov 30, 2010 - Changes made by userone2345:
Language pair	Urdu to English => English to Urdu
Nov 30, 2010 - Changes made by userone2345:
Language pair	English to Urdu => Urdu to English
Nov 30, 2010 - Changes made by userone2345:
Language pair	Urdu to English => English to Urdu

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