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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/, , /bɑː.d͡ʒiː.ɡəɾ/,
Noun
बाज़ीगर • (bāzīgar) m (feminine बाज़ीगरनी, Urdu spelling بَازِیگََر)
- juggler, magician, trickster
- Synonyms: जादूगर (jādūgar), ऐंद्रजालिक (aindrajālik)
Declension
Declension of बाज़ीगर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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बाज़ीगर
bāzīgar
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बाज़ीगर
bāzīgar
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| oblique
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बाज़ीगर
bāzīgar
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बाज़ीगरों
bāzīgarõ
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| vocative
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बाज़ीगर
bāzīgar
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बाज़ीगरो
bāzīgaro
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बाजीगर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.