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باجی

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See also: تاجي and تاجٍي

Khalaj

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Noun

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باجی (definite accusative باجیݧ, plural باجیلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of bâcı (“sister”)

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča.

Noun

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باجی • (bacı)

  1. older sister
  2. sister
  3. wife

Descendants

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  • Turkish: bacı
  • → Classical Persian: بَاجِی (bājī)

Proper noun

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باجی • (Bacı)

  1. a female given name

References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkic, compare Turkish bacı.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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باجی • (bājī / bâji) (Tajik spelling боҷӣ) (Classical Persian, now dialectal)

  1. sister (usually older sister)
  2. woman

Usage notes

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

Descendants

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See also

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Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms
Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms
واژگان لهجه‌های فارسی ایرانی برای خویشاوندان نسبی
vâžegân-e lahja-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi
Family member Standard Iranian Persian Tehrani dialect Abadani dialect Kashani dialect Shirazi dialect
mother مادر (mâdar) مامان (mâmân) ننه (nene) مامو (mâmo)
grandmother مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) بی‌بی (bi-bi) ماجون (mâjun) بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father پدر (pedar) بابا (bâbâ) دده (dede) بابا (bâbâ) بابو (bâbo)
grandfather پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg)

آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)

sister خواهر (xâhar) آبجی (âbji) دده (dade) — آباجی (âbâji)
older sister خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji) — باجی (bâji) شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother برادر (barâdar) داداش (dâdâš) کا (kâ) وردار (vardâr) کاکو (kâko)

داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)

older brother برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) — آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister) 		خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother) 		دایی (dâyi) خالو (xâlu) — دئی (do'i)

خان‌دوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)

paternal aunt
(father's sister) 		عمه (amme)
paternal uncle
(father's brother) 		عمو (amu) آمو, عامو (âmu) — آمو, عامو (âmu)
  1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (bozorg) and کلان (kalân) are correct, but the former is more common in Iran.
Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms
Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms
واژگان لهجه‌های فارسی دری برای خویشاوندان نسبی
wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī
Family member Standard Dari Kabuli dialect Hazaragi dialect Herati dialect Qandahari dialect
mother مادر (mādar) ننه (nana) آبه (āba) ننه (nana) آیه (āya)
grandmother مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) بی‌بی (bī-bī) آجه (āja)
بی‌بی (bī-bī) 		بی‌بی (bī-bī) آنه (āna)
father پدر (padar) بابا (bābā) آته (āta) پیر (piyar)
بابا (bābā)
grandfather پدرکلان (padar-kalān) باباجی (bābājī)
آغا (āġā) 		بابا (bābā) بابو (bābū)
sister خواهر (xāhar) خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) آغا (āġā)
باجی (bājī) 		دده (dada)
brother برادر (barādar) بیادر (biyādar) برار (birār)
older brother برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister) 		خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother) 		ماما (māmā) ماما (māmā)
تغایی (taġāyī) 		ماما (māmā)
paternal aunt
(father's sister) 		عمه (amma)
paternal uncle
(father's brother) 		کاکا (kākā)
  1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
  2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
  3. In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).

Punjabi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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باجی • (bājī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਜੀ)

  1. older sister
  2. (polite, Pakistan) any older female person
  3. (chiefly colloquial, Pakistan) any female person

Declension

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Declension of باجی
singular plural
direct باجی (bājī) باجِیاں (bājīyāṉ)
oblique باجی (bājī) باجِیاں (bājīyāṉ)
vocative باجئِیے (bāj'iye) باجِیو (bājīv)
ablative باجِیوں (bājīvṉ) —
locative باجے (bāje) باجِیں (bājīṉ)
instrumental — —

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “باجی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَاجی • (bājī) f (Hindi spelling बाजी)

  1. older sister
    Synonyms: آپا (āpā), آپی (āpī)
    Antonyms: بَھیَّا (bhayyā), لالَہ (lāla)
  2. (polite) any female person
    Synonym: بَہَن (bahan)

Declension

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Declension of باجی
singular plural
direct باجی (bājī) باجِیاں (bājiyā̃)
oblique باجی (bājī) باجِیوں (bājiyō̃)
vocative باجی (bājī) باجِیو (bājiyō)

Further reading

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More information
  • “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, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “باجی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “باجي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 118
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “باجی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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