Meanings
nounbasaji pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyA class of low-ranking Iranian foot soldiers.
In other parts of the world, soldiers have also been willing to commit suicide in bombing another army, most notably the Japanese kamikaze in World War II and the Iranian basaji during the Iran-Iraq War
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Origin
- Persianبسیجی“member of the Basij”
- Englishbasaji
From Persian بسیجی (basiji, “member of the Basij”), from بسیج (basij, “Basij, volunteer army”).
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