آبجی

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A contraction of earlier آغاباجی (âġâbâji), from Azerbaijani ağabacı, analyzable as ağa (“great”) and bacı (“sister”). Compare Turkish abla (“elder sister”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? âbji

Noun

آبجی • (âbji) (plural آبجی‌ها)

  1. (colloquial) sister (either older or younger)
    Synonym: خواهر (xâhar)
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