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)

Proper noun

باجی • (Bacı)

  1. a female given name

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Turkish bacı.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bājī
Dari reading? bājī
Iranian reading? bâji
Tajik reading? boji

Noun

باجی • (bājī / bâji) (Tajik spelling боҷӣ) (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

See also

Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms
واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی
vâžegân-e lahje-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi
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) بی‌بی (bi-bi) ماجون (mâjun) بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father پدر (pedar) بابا (bâbâ) دده (dede) بابا (bâbâ) بابو (bâbo)
grandfather پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg)

آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)

sister خواهر (xâhar) آبجی (âbji) دده (dade) — آباجی (âbâji)
older sister خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji) — باجی (bâji) شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother برادر (barâdar) داداش (dâdâš) کا (kâ) وردار (vardâr) کاکو (kâko)

داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)

older brother برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) — آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister) 		خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother) 		دایی (dâyi) خالو (xâlu) — دئی (do'i)

خان‌دوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)

paternal aunt
(father's sister) 		عمه (amme)
paternal uncle
(father's brother) 		عمو (amu) آمو, عامو (âmu) — آمو, عامو (âmu)
  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) باباجی (bābājī)
آغا (āġā) 		بابا (bābā)
sister خواهر (xāhar) خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) — آغا (āġā)
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 (taġāyī)
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 optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
  3. In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).

Urdu

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.
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