باجی

See also: تاجي

Khalaj

Noun

باجی (bâcı) (definite accusative باجیݧ, plural باجیلار)

1. Arabic spelling of bâcı (“sister”)

Declension

Declension of باجی

	singular	plural
nominative	باجی	باجیلار
genitive	باجیݧ	باجیلارؽݧ
dative	باجیقا	باجیلارقا
definite accusative	باجیݧ	باجیلارؽ
locative	باجیچا	باجیلارچا
ablative	باجیدا	باجیلاردا
instrumental	باجیلا	باجیلارلا
equative	باجیوارا	باجیلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāča.

Noun

باجی • (bacı)

1. older sister
2. sister
3. wife

Descendants

• Turkish: bacı
• → Classical Persian: بَاجِی (bājī)
  • → Gujarati: બાજી (bājī)
  • → Khalaj: bâcı
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: बाजी (bājī)

    Urdu: باجی (bājī)

  • → Punjabi: باجی (bājī)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 232
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 316

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic, compare Turkish bacı.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.d͡ʒíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.d͡ʒíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.d͡ʒí]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	bājī
Dari reading?	bājī
Iranian reading?	bâji
Tajik reading?	bojī

Noun

باجی • (bâji) (Classical Persian, now dialectal)

1. sister (usually older sister)
2. woman

Usage notes

• It was usually used to address an older sister or an old woman in the past

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બાજી (bājī)
• → Khalaj: bâcı
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बाजी (bājī)

  Urdu: باجی (bājī)

• → Punjabi: باجی (bājī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باجی (bājī), from Ottoman Turkish باجی (bacı).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.d͡ʒiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: با‧جی

Noun

باجی • (bājī) f (Hindi spelling बाजी)

1. older sister

   Synonyms: آپا (āpā), آپی (āpī)

   Antonym: لالَہ (lāla, “older brother”)

2. (polite) any female person

   Synonym: بَہَن (bahan)

Declension

Declension of باجی
	singular	plural
direct	باجی (bājī)	باجیاں (bājiyā̃)
oblique	باجی (bājī)	باجیوں (bājiyō̃)
vocative	باجی (bājī)	باجیو (bājiyō)

References

• “باجی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “باجی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.