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bahujan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
bahu-jan
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana (“majority”) as caste oppressed people are the majority of the population. The term was popularized by anti-caste social activists.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bahujans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Dalit Harijan Adivasi

Questions

What does bahujan mean?
a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.
Where does bahujan come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana (“majority”) as caste oppressed people are the majority of the population. The term was popularized by anti-caste social activists.

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