Pirzada

English

Etymology

From Persian : (“elder; Sufi master; saint”) +‎ (“born of; descendant of”). The name originally denoted a descendant of a Sufi saint or religious elder. Common as a surname among Muslim communities in South Asia, Iran, and Central Asia.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɪəˈzɑːdə/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɪrˈzɑːdə/

Proper noun

Pirzada

A surname from Asian languages, particularly Persian.
- 2015 July 17, Ben Brumfield, Yasmin Khorram, Scott Zamost, “Chattanooga shooter changed after Mideast visit, friend says”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 December 2018:
  “Something happened over there,” Abdulrazzak Pirzada said of Muhammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, adding that “he never became close to me like he was before he went overseas. … I’m sure he had something that happened to him overseas.”