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ghazi

/ˈɡɑːzi/

ghazi noun: a Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.

Noun

ghazi (plural ghazis or ghazies)

  1. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
    • I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
    • Then suddenly, an hour before first light, wave after wave of screaming tribesmen, led by suicide-bent Muslim fanatics known as ghazis, began to hurl themselves against the British positions.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 351

Proper noun capitalized: Ghazi

Ghazi (plural Ghazis)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

ghazi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

ghazi in Hindi

Muslim champion against non-Muslims
ग़ाज़ी ġāzī

ghazi in Tamil

இஸ்லாமிய புனிதப் போர்வீரர், இஸ்லாமிய மத வெறியர், துருக்கிய உயர்மதிப்புப் பட்டம்

ghazi in Urdu

Muslim champion against non-Muslims
غازی ġāzī

ghazi in Bengali

Muslim champion against non-Muslims
গাজী gaji

Forms of ghazi

Noun
pluralghazis
pluralghazies
Proper noun
pluralGhazis

Plural of ghazi: ghazis or ghazies

Origin of ghazi

From Arabic غَازٍ (ḡāzī, “raider, holy warrior”), from the active participle of غَزَا (ḡazā, “to raid”).

Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

Words formed from ghazi

Phrases with ghazi

Questions about ghazi

What does ghazi mean?
Ghazi means a Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
What is ghazi in Hindi?
Ghazi in Hindi is ग़ाज़ी (ġāzī). See Ghazi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ghazi?
Ghazi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ghazi?
Ghazi is pronounced /ˈɡɑːzi/.
What is the plural of ghazi?
The plural of ghazi is ghazis.

Words near ghazi in the dictionary

  1. Ghazeepore
  2. ghazeeyeh
  3. ghazeeyehs
  4. ghazel
  5. ghazels
  6. ghazi
  7. Ghaziabad
  8. ghazies
  9. Ghazipur
  10. ghazis
  11. ghazism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ghazi (page history and authors); Ghazi (page history and authors); ghazi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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