Balochi

See also: balochi

English

Alternative forms

• Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci, Bilochi, Billochi, Billochee, Buluchi

Etymology

From Baluchi بلوچی.

Noun

Balochi (plural Balochis)

1. A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 37:

     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.

Related terms

• Baloch / Baluch

Proper noun

Balochi

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.

Translations

language

• Arabic: بَلُوشِيَّة f (balūšiyya)
• Armenian: բելուջերեն (hy) (beluǰeren)
• Baluchi: بلوچی (balochi, baluchi)
• Catalan: balutxi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俾路支語／俾路支语 (zh) (Bǐlùzhī-yǔ)

• Finnish: belutši (fi)
• French: baloutche (fr) m
• Hindi: बलूची (hi) f (balūcī), बलोची f (balocī)
• Irish: Balúcais f
• Japanese: バローチー語 (ja) (Barōchī-go)
• Marathi: बलोची f (balocī)
• Odia: ବେଲୁଚି (or) (beluci)
• Persian: بلوچی (fa) (baluči)
• Portuguese: balochi m
• Punjabi: ਬਲੋਚੀ (pa) (balocī)
• Russian: балу́чи (ru) m (balúči), бало́чи m (balóči), белу́джский (ru) m (belúdžskij)
• Spanish: baluchi m
• Swedish: baluchiska (sv) c
• Urdu: بلوچی (ur) f (balūcī)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Balochi, bgp ⁠ (Eastern Balochi)
• Ethnologue entry for Balochi, bcc ⁠ (Southern Balochi)
• Ethnologue entry for Balochi, bgn ⁠ (Western Balochi)