English Explanatory Dictionary

Bahujan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Bahujan Bahujans

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.

Related words

Dalit Harijan Adivasi
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