Etymology

bakait

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Today it means: A boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all. Full definition →

Hindi बकैती
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  1. Hindi · borrowed fromबकैती
  2. English todaybakait

Borrowed from Hindi बकैती (bakaitī), a regional slang noun formed from बक (bak, “talk/blabber”) and a suffix implying boastful or exaggerated behaviour.

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