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balaji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
bal-a-ji
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Tamil.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Telugu బాలాజీ (bālājī) and Tamil பாலாஜி (pālāji), a compound of Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “young boy, the form of Vishnu at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.”) + Hindi -जी (-jī, “honorific”). The surname is particularly found in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: బాలాజీ, பாலாஜி

Inflected Forms

Balajis (plural)

Questions

What does balaji mean?
A surname from Tamil.
Where does balaji come from?
From Telugu బాలాజీ (bālājī) and Tamil பாலாஜி (pālāji), a compound of Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “young boy, the form of Vishnu at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.”) + Hindi -जी (-jī, “honorific”). The surname is particularly found in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

How to pronounce balaji

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