باغی

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغی (bāğī), possibly from Arabic بَاغٍ (bāḡin).

Adjective

باغی • (bāġī) (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

  1. rebel, rebellious, disloyal

Noun

باغی • (bāġī) m (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

  1. traitor, rebel
  2. insurgent
  3. mutineer
Declension
Declension of باغی
singular plural
direct باغی (bāġī) باغی (bāġī)
oblique باغی (bāġī) باغیوں (bāġiyō̃)
vocative باغی (bāġī) باغیو (bāġiyō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغی (bāğī). By surface analysis, باغ (bāġ, “garden”) +‎ ـی (ī).

Adjective

باغی • (bāġī) (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

  1. grown in plantation or a garden.

References
  • “باغی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “باغی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.