Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bacha bazi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: bacha bazi
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.

Uncountable

Etymology

Persian بچه بازی (literally “boy play”)

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: بچه بازی

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

bacha

Questions

What does bacha bazi mean?: A pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.
Where does bacha bazi come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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