ˈbəltē noun
( plural balti or baltis )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : a muslimized Tibetan people in northern Kashmir having some physical resemblances to the Indo-Aryan Dards, having a castelike system of social hierarchy, and possibly being descendants of the Scythian Sacae
b. : a member of such people
2. : a Tibeto-Himalayan language of the Balti people