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Definition of Balochi
1. Noun. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
Definition of Balochi
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia. ¹
2. Proper noun. A 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balochi
Literary usage of Balochi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"THE balochi race is spread over a wide extent of country, from the valley of the
Indus in Sindh and the Panjab to the southern part of the province of ..."
2. The Baloch Race: A Historical and Ethnological Sketch by Mansel Longworth Dames (1904)
"The balochi is, as is well known, an Iranian idiom, nearly related to modern
Persian, but at the same time showing many points of resemblance to the Zend, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"In the second volume, bound up with the first, the full balochi texts are given.
In an erudite introduction Mr. Dames discusses the sources, origin, ..."
4. Census of India, 1901 by India Census Commissioner, Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1902)
"balochi.—balochi is now spoken by 40644 souls in the two Provinces as against
35550 in 1891 and 25748 in 1881. It is practically confined to the Dera Ghazi ..."
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