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

Borrowed 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?	boji

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)

See also

Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms

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)	—	ماجون (mâjun)	—
father	پدر (pedar)	بابا (bâbâ)	دده (dede)	—	بابو (bâbo)
grandfather	پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg)	بابابزرگ (bâbâ-bozorg)	—
sister	خواهر (xâhar)	آبجی (âbji)	دده (dade)	—	آباجی (âbâji)
older sister	خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg)	—	باجی (bâji)	—
brother	برادر (barâdar)	داداش (dâdâš)	کا (kâ)	وردار (vardâr)	کاکو (kâko)
older brother	برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg)	—
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	دایی (dâyi)		خالو (xâlu)	—
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amme)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	عمو (amu)

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

Family member	Standard Dari	Kabuli dialect	Hazaragi dialect
mother	مادر (mādar)	ننه (nana)	آبه (āba)
grandmother	مادرکلان (mādar-kalān)	بی‌بی (bī-bī)	آجه (āja), بی‌بی (bī-bī)
father	پدر (padar)	بابا (bābā)	آته (āta)
grandfather	پدرکلان (padar-kalān)	آغا (āğā)	بابا (bābā)
sister	خواهر (xāhar)	خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister	خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān)	—	آغا (āğā), باجی (bājī)
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 (tağāyī)
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 shortened to ـه (-a).
3. In many dialects, all family names ending in ـه (-a) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe).

Urdu

Picture dictionary

باجی

نانی

نانا

دادی

دادا

ممانی

ماموں

خالو

خالہ

امی

ابو

تایا

تائی

پھپو

پھپا

چچا

چچی

بھانجا

بھانجی

جیجا

باجی

بہنوئی

بہن

بھینا

بھیا

بھابی

بھائی

بھابی

بھتیجا

بھتیجی

جٹھانی

جیٹھ

نندوئی

نند

دیورانی

دیور

سالا

سلہج

سالی

ہم زلف

سالا

سلہج

میاں

بیوی

سسر

ساس

بہو

بیٹا

پوتا

پوتی

بیٹی

داماد

نواسہ

نواسی

سسر

ساس

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of باجی

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

Further reading

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
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “باجی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.