Balochi

Alternative forms

• Baloci
• Baluchi
• Baluci

Full definition of Balochi

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia.
• 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 37:Had the fiercely independent Baluchis discovered what they were up to, it would immediately have een assumed that the British were exploring their lands preparatory to seizing them.

Related terms

• Baloch
  Baluch

Proper noun

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.