बाजीगर

Hindi edit

Noun edit

बाजीगर (bājīgarm

  1. nuqtaless form of बाज़ीगर (bāzīgar)

Old Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بازیگر (bāzīgar). Compare Old Punjabi ਬਾਜੀਗਰੁ (bājīgaru).

Noun edit

बाजीगर (bājīgara)

  1. juggler, magician, trickster

Descendants edit

  • Hindustani: bāzīgar
    Hindi: बाज़ीगर
    Urdu: بَازِیگََر (bāzīgār)

Further reading edit

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 551