Baluchi

[ buh-loo-chee ]

noun,plural Ba·lu·chis, (especially collectively) Ba·lu·chi for 1.
  1. a member of a nomadic, primarily Sunni Muslim people of Baluchistan.

  2. the language of the Baluchi, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family.

Origin of Baluchi

1
Borrowed into English from Persian around 1610–20

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British Dictionary definitions for Baluchi

Baluchi

Balochi (bəˈləʊtʃɪ)

/ (bəˈluːtʃɪ) /


noun
  1. plural -chis or -chi a member of a Muslim people living chiefly in coastal Pakistan and Iran

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family

adjective
  1. of or relating to Baluchistan, its inhabitants, or their language

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