Balochi

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noun

A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia.

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BaluchiBaluchi languageBalochi language
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Meanings

nounBalochi (plural Balochis)

plural Balochis · alternative Baloci · alternative Baluchi · alternative Baluci · alternative Beluchi · alternative Bilochi · alternative Billochi · alternative Billochee · alternative Buluchi

  1. 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
proper noun

alternative Baloci · alternative Baluchi · alternative Baluci · alternative Beluchi · alternative Bilochi · alternative Billochi · alternative Billochee · alternative Buluchi

  1. 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

Similar
BaluchiBaluchi languageBalochi language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Baluchiبلوچی
  2. EnglishBalochi

From Baluchi بلوچی.

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
APA

Balochi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi

MLA

“Balochi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balochi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balochi.

Source: Balochi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.