Word history
Wiktionary records ਬਜਾਜ (bajāj) as a Punjabi surname. The entry traces Bajaj through Persian bazzāz to Arabic bazzāz. It gives draper or mercer as the Persian word’s meaning, both terms for a cloth merchant. ਬਜਾਜ is the Punjabi written form. The occupational sense explains the borrowed word; it does not supply evidence that a person or household currently trades in cloth.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Punjabi entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
bajāj: Cloth merchant.
Wiktionary contributors · Punjabi entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
ਬਜਾਜ · Gurmukhi
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Punjabi entry, etymology and surname sense
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