bâcı

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		باجی

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian باجی (bâji), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bāča.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːd͡ʒɨ/

dialectal pronunciations

• (Ahmadabad, Bagh-e Yek, Daghan, Darestan, Feyzabad, Hasanabad, Kardijan, Khaltabad, Kharrab, Khvorakabad, Mansurabad, Mazraeh-ye Now, Mujan, Musaabad, Qorqor, Sadabad, Safarabad, Sarband, Sefid Ab, Sefidaleh, Seft, Seqer Juq, Varnavaj, Yengijeh, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːd͡ʒɪ]
• (Darestan) IPA^(key): [bɑːd͡ʒɪsɪ] (inflected form attested only)
• (Darestan, Esfid, Qarah Su, Salafchegan) IPA^(key): [bɑːd͡ʒɪ]
• (Hezarabad, Kharrab, Nowdeh, Zizgan) IPA^(key): [bɒːd͡ʒɪ]
• (Jerik Aghaj, Mohsenabad, Naderabad, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːd͡ʒi̞]
• (Kacha-ye Chahardeh) IPA^(key): [bɒːd͡ʒi]
• (Kharrab) IPA^(key): [bɒːd͡ʒɪ̈]
• (Mushakiyeh) IPA^(key): [baːd͡ʒɪ]
• (Qarah Su, Sarahrud) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːd͡ʒi]
• (Shah Qoli) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːd͡ʑɪ]
• (Sorkh Deh, Varsan) IPA^(key): [bɔ̞ːd͡ʒiː]
• (Talkh Ab) IPA^(key): [bɒːd͡ʒʊ], [bɑˑd͡ʒʊ]
• (Varsan) IPA^(key): [bɒːd͡ʒi̞]

Noun

bâcı (definite accusative bâcıñ, plural bâcılar)

1. sister

   Synonyms: dədə, ə̂tə

Declension

Declension of bâcı

	singular	plural
nominative	bâcı	bâcılar
genitive	bâcıñ	bâcılarııñ
dative	bâcıqa	bâcılarqa
definite accusative	bâcıñ	bâcıları
locative	bâcıça	bâcılarça
ablative	bâcıda	bâcılarda
instrumental	bâcıla	bâcılarla
equative	bâcıvâra	bâcılarvâra

Derived terms

• bâcı həri (“one's sister's husband”)
• hər bâcısı (“wife's sister-in-law”)
• kişi bâcısı (“husband's sister-in-law”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN