बाजीगर

Hindi

Noun

बाजीगर • (bājīgar) m

1. nuqtaless form of बाज़ीगर (bāzīgar)

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بازیگر (bāzīgar). Compare Old Punjabi ਬਾਜੀਗਰੁ (bājīgaru).

Noun

बाजीगर (bājīgara)

1. juggler, magician, trickster

Descendants

• Hindustani: bāzīgar

  Hindi: बाज़ीगर

  Urdu: بَازِیگََر (bāzīgār)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 551