بازیگر

Persian

Etymology

From بازی (bâzi, “game”) +‎ ـگر (gar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ziː.ˈɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ziː.ɡǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ziː.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ziː.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.zi.ɡǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ziː.ɡʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.zi.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāzīgar
Dari reading?	bāzīgar
Iranian reading?	bâzigar
Tajik reading?	bozigar

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Noun

بازیگر • (bâzigar) (plural بازیگران (bâzigarân) or بازیگرها (bâzigar-hâ))

1. actor

   Synonyms: آکتور (âktor), (actress) آکتریس (âktris)

2. (original sense) rope dancer; tumbler; performing acrobat

Descendants

Descendants

• → Assamese: বাজিকৰ (bazikor)
• → Bengali: বাজিগর (bajigor)
• → Gujarati: બાજીગર (bājīgar)
• → Old Hindi: बाजीगर (bājīgara)
  • Hindustani: bāzīgar

    Hindi: बाज़ीगर

    Urdu: بَازِیگََر (bāzīgār)

• → Kannada: ಬಾಜಿಗಾರ (bājigāra)
• → Odia: ବାଜିଗର (bajigôrô)
• → Old Punjabi: ਬਾਜੀਗਰੁ (bājīgaru)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਜ਼ੀਗਰ (bāzīgar)

    Shahmukhi script: بازِی گَر (bāzī gar)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: بازيگَرُ

  Devanagari script: बाज़ीगरु

See also

• بازیکن (bâzikon, “player (in a game)”)