Balochi

balochi English + language Alternative forms en Baloci Baluchi Baluci Beluchi Bilochi Billochi Billochee Buluchi Etymology From en bal بلوچی. Noun A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia. en 1990 w:Peter Hopkirk The Great Game 37 Folio Society 2010 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 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: ar بَلُوشِيَّة f Armenian: hy բելուջերեն Baluchi: bal بلوچی balochi, baluchi Catalan: ca balutxi m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 俾路支語 Bǐlùzhī-yǔ Finnish: fi belutši French: fr baloutche m, fr baloutchi m German: de Belutschisch Hindi: hi बलूची f, hi बलोची f Hungarian: hu beludzs Irish: ga Balúcais f, ga Balúitsis f Japanese: ja バローチー語 Barōchī-go Marathi: mr बलोची f Odia: or ବେଲୁଚି Persian: fa بلوچی baluči Portuguese: pt balochi m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਬਲੋਚੀ Shahmukhi: pnb بلوچی Russian: ru балу́чи m, ru бало́чи m, ru белу́джский m Spanish: es baluchi m Swedish: sv baluchiska c Tajik: tg балучӣ Urdu: ur بلوچی f balūcī See also bal Further reading bgp (Eastern Balochi) bcc (Southern Balochi) bgn (Western Balochi) en Ethnonyms Languages