बाजी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باجی (bājī), from Turkic.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.d͡ʒiː/, [bäː.d͡ʒiː]

Noun

बाजी • (bājī) f (Urdu spelling باجی)

1. (in Muslim households) elder sister

   Synonym: दीदी (dīdī)

Declension

Declension of बाजी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाजी bājī	बाजियाँ bājiyā̃
oblique	बाजी bājī	बाजियों bājiyõ
vocative	बाजी bājī	बाजियो bājiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाजी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press