Etymology

basaji

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Today it means: A class of low-ranking Iranian foot soldiers. Full definition →

Persian بسیجی
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The story

  1. Persian · borrowed fromبسیجی“member of the Basij”
  2. English todaybasaji

From Persian بسیجی (basiji, “member of the Basij”), from بسیج (basij, “Basij, volunteer army”).

Words from the same roots

Persianبسیجی all →

Basiji

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.