Meanings
plural Balochis · alternative Baloci · alternative Baluchi · alternative Baluci · alternative Beluchi · alternative Bilochi · alternative Billochi · alternative Billochee · alternative Buluchi
- A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia.
Had the fiercely independent Baluchis discovered what they were up to, it would immediately have been assumed that the British were exploring their lands preparatory to seizing them.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 37
alternative Baloci · alternative Baluchi · alternative Baluci · alternative Beluchi · alternative Bilochi · alternative Billochi · alternative Billochee · alternative Buluchi
- A Northwestern Iranian language spoken mainly in SW Pakistan (80% of speakers), SE Iran and S Afghanistan. SIL standard divides Balochi into three related languages: Eastern Balochi, Southern Balochi, and Western Balochi.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Baluchiبلوچی
- EnglishBalochi
From Baluchi بلوچی.
More words from Baluchi
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَلُوشِيَّة
- بَلُوشِيَّة (balūšiyya)language
Catalan balutxi
- balutxilanguage
Chinese Mandarin 俾路支語 /俾路支语
- 俾路支語 /俾路支语 (Bǐlùzhī-yǔ)language
Finnish belutši
- belutšilanguage
French baloutche, baloutchi
- baloutchelanguage
- baloutchilanguage
German Belutschisch
- Belutschischlanguage
Hindi बलूची, बलोची
- बलूची (balūcī)language
- बलोची (balocī)language
Hungarian beludzs
- beludzslanguage
Irish Balúcais, Balúitsis
- Balúcaislanguage
- Balúitsislanguage
Japanese バローチー語
- バローチー語 (Barōchī-go)language
Persian بلوچی
- بلوچی (baluči)language
Portuguese balochi
- balochilanguage
Punjabi ਬਲੋਚੀ
- ਬਲੋਚੀ (balocī)language
Russian балу́чи, бало́чи
- балу́чи (balúči)language
- бало́чи (balóči)language
- белу́джский (belúdžskij)language
Spanish baluchi
- baluchilanguage
Swedish baluchiska
- baluchiskalanguage
Urdu بلوچی
- بلوچی (balūcī)language
Cite this entry
Balochi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi
“Balochi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balochi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi.
Source: Balochi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.