Baluchi meaning

    -lō'chē
    A member of a traditionally nomadic Muslim people of Baluchistan.
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    The Iranian language of the Baluchi.
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    The Iranian language spoken in Baluchistan.
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    A person born or living in Baluchistan.
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    Alternative form of Balochi.
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    Origin of baluchi

    • Ultimately (partly via) (Persian) (Urdu) from Balochi balōč Baluchi
      From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

    Baluchi Sentence Examples

    • The ever-restless Baluchi language belongs to the Iranian branch of the Aryan subfamily of the Indo-European family.

    • Owing probably to the fact that Makran was for many generations under the rule of the Persian kings, the Baluchi spoken on the west of the province, which is also called Makrani, is more largely impregnated with Persian words and expressions than the Eastern dialect.

    • In the latter the words in use for common objects and acts are nearly all pure Baluchi, the remainder of the language being borrowed from Persian, Sindhi and Panjabi.

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