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Baluch

Baluch

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A family name used by people from Balochistan
  • proper noun
  • /bəˈluːtʃ/
: Baluch
  • Abu Zubaydah's attorneys, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's attorneys, Ramsay Beneshib, Amar Al Baluch and maybe one other to negotiate a guilty plea.

Abu Zubaydah's attorneys, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's attorneys, Ramsay Beneshib, Amar Al Baluch and maybe one other to negotiate a guilty plea.

Examples

  • My friend Abdul is a Baluch from Pakistan, and he loves sharing stories about his culture.

  • So I immediately said Baluch, did you take my coke?

  • Similarly, Furnham, Shahidi, and Baluch (2002) compared the self-estimates of British and Iranian students and found that the Iranians thought they had lower mathematical but higher spatial, musical, and intrapersonal intelligence than the former.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Many Baluch families have rich traditions that they have kept alive for generations.

  • During our meeting, we discussed how the Baluch people have contributed to regional history.

Synonyms

Baloch
vsBaluch
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A family name used by people from Balochistan

has the same meaning but lacks the explicit South Asia emphasis

Surface Forms

Baluch main

Etymology

Baluch as a family name comes from the name of the Baloch people and was used to show where a family came from. So the surname Baluch marks someone as 'from the Baloch people'.