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Balti, a. and n.1
Brit. |ˈbalti|, U.S. |ˈbælti|
Plural -s unchanged
Forms: 18 Belti, 19– Balti
[‹ Balti Balti, self-designation, of uncertain literal meaning and origin.
The word is attested earlier in English in the place name Baltistan:
1799F. Wilford in Asiatick Res. 6 472 The country of the Byltæ, called Baltistan, is generally called by natives Balut-ter. ]
A. adj. Of or relating to Baltistan, a Himalayan region of Kashmir (now in northern Pakistan), its inhabitants, or their language.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 587/1 Báltí or Beltistán..i.e. the Beltí country, lies to the South-East of Badakhshán. 1866H. H. G. Austen in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 35 i. 233 This Vocabulary of Kashmiri and Balti words was compiled..in leasure [sic] hours of rainy days. 1899F. E. S. Adair Summer in High Asia ii. 23 The Balti coolie is a curious-looking being. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet iv. 299 Specimen from the Balti script. 1989Life Feb. 127/1 Below lie miles of untracked ridges and gullies, leading at last to a Balti village.
B. n.
1. The Tibetan language of Baltistan.
1866H. H. G. Austen in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 35 i. 233 (heading) A vocabulary of English, Balti and Kashmiri. 1909G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India III. i. 32 The Tibetan dialect of the province of Purik forms a link between Baltī and Ladakhī... Baltī is the prevailing language all over Baltistan. 1977D. Murphy Where Indus is Young ii. 55 There is no resemblance whatever between Balti and any of the languages spoken in Pakistan. 1992Internat. Encycl. Linguistics I. 192/2 Balti: 400,000 speakers reported in 1986, mainly in north-eastern Pakistan.
2. A native or inhabitant of Baltistan.
1875Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 4 327 The author also noticed the Dards.., and three Thibetan peoples, known as the Champas, the Ladakhis, and the Baltis. 1899F. E. S. Adair Summer in High Asia ii. 23 The population of Dras is a mixed one, constisting of Baltis, a few Ladakis, Dards, and a sect known as Brōkpa. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet iv. 300 Nowadays, the educated Baltis employ mainly the Persian-Arabic alphabet. 1989Encycl. Brit. XIV. 237/1 The Balti have spread farther down the Indus Valley and have adopted Islām. 2000Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 19 Apr. (Living) 45 Originally Buddhist, the Baltis converted to Islam during the Mogul insurgence around 1580. |