बाजीगर

Hindi

Noun

बाजीगर • (bājīgar) m

  1. nuqtaless form of बाज़ीगर (bāzīgar)

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بازیگر (bāzīgar). Compare Old Punjabi ਬਾਜੀਗਰੁ (bājīgaru).

Noun

बाजीगर (bājīgara)

  1. juggler, magician, trickster

Descendants
  • Hindustani: bāzīgar
    Hindi: बाज़ीगर
    Urdu: بَازِیگََر (bāzīgār)

Further reading
  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 551
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