باغی

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɣiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: با‧غی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغی (bāğī), possibly from Arabic بَاغٍ (bāḡin).

Adjective

باغی • (bāġī) (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

1. rebel, rebellious, disloyal

Noun

باغی • (bāġī) m (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

1. traitor, rebel
2. insurgent
3. mutineer

Declension

Declension of باغی
	singular	plural
direct	باغی (bāġī)	باغی (bāġī)
oblique	باغی (bāġī)	باغِیوں (bāġiyõ)
vocative	باغی (bāġī)	باغِیو (bāġiyo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian باغی (bāğī). By surface analysis, باغ (bāġ, “garden”) +‎ ـی (ī).

Adjective

باغی • (bāġī) (Hindi spelling बाग़ी)

1. grown in plantation or a garden.

References

• “باغی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “باغی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.