baji
See also: bājǐ
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
baji (uncountable)
- Synonym of chiura (beaten rice, a common Nepali food).
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Urdu باجی (bājī), from Classical Persian باجی (bāji), from Ottoman Turkish باجی (bacı), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bāča.
Noun edit
baji (plural bajis)
- (Pakistan) older sister
- (Pakistan, polite) a female person
Anagrams edit
Atong (India) edit
Etymology edit
From Hindi [Term?]. Cognate with Garo baji.
Noun edit
baji
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Garo edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to Bengali বাজে (baje)
Noun edit
baji
Synonyms edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay baji, from Tamil வசி (vaci, “cleft, point, edge, stake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baji (plural baji-baji, first-person possessive bajiku, second-person possessive bajimu, third-person possessive bajinya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “baji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.