English
Madhesi
Madhesi comes from Hindi मधेशी.
- Hindic. 1500–presentमधेशीmadheśī
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Madhesi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentमधेशीmadheśī
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Madhesi
Earliest quotation: 2015, Sugam Pokharel, More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new : “The Madhesi and Tharu mainly live in the southernmost…”
Every English word from Hindi मधेशी
Today it means
noun A member of one of several ethnic groups who live in the terai in southern Nepal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi मधेशी / Madhesi