Baloch

noun

Ba·​loch bə-ˈlōch 

variants or Baluch

bə-ˈlüch 

plural Baloch or Baluch also Balochs bə-ˈlō-chəz  or Baluchs bə-ˈlü-chəz 

: a member of an Indo-Iranian people of Baluchistan

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Balochi Balōč, a self-designation, of uncertain origin

Note: The variants with u were presumably borrowed via Arabic and/or Persian.

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above