बाज़ीगर
See also: बाजीगर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بازیگر (bāzīgar). First attested as Old Hindi बाजीगर (bājīgara). By surface analysis, बाज़ी (bāzī) + -गर (-gar). Compare Assamese বাজিকৰ (bazikor), Bengali বাজিগর (bajigor), Gujarati બાજીગર (bājīgar), Kannada ಬಾಜಿಗಾರ (bājigāra), Odia ବାଜିଗର (bājigara), Punjabi ਬਾਜ਼ੀਗਰ (bāzīgar) / بازِی گَر (bāzī gar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɑː.ziː.ɡəɾ/, [bäː.ziː.ɡɐɾ], /bɑː.d͡ʒiː.ɡəɾ/, [bäː.d͡ʒiː.ɡɐɾ]
Noun
बाज़ीगर • (bāzīgar) m (feminine बाज़ीगरनी, Urdu spelling بَازِیگََر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बाज़ीगर bāzīgar |
बाज़ीगर bāzīgar |
| oblique | बाज़ीगर bāzīgar |
बाज़ीगरों bāzīgarõ |
| vocative | बाज़ीगर bāzīgar |
बाज़ीगरो bāzīgaro |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बाजीगर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3443
- Platts, John T. (1884) “bāzī-garnī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 122
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाज़ीगर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 721
- “बाज़ीगर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.