बाजीगर

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Hindi

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Noun

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बाजीगर (bājīgarm

  1. nuqtaless form of बाज़ीगर (bāzīgar)

Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بازیگر (bāzīgar). Compare Old Punjabi ਬਾਜੀਗਰੁ (bājīgaru).

Noun

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बाजीगर (bājīgara)

  1. juggler, magician, trickster

Descendants

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  • Hindustani: bāzīgar
    Hindi: बाज़ीगर
    Urdu: بَازِیگََر (bāzīgār)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 551