English
Naxalite
Naxalite comes from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি ‘Naxalbari’.
- Bengalimodernনকশালবাড়িnokśalbaṛi‘Naxalbari’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Naxalite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Bengalimodernনকশালবাড়িnokśalbaṛi‘Naxalbari’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Naxalite
Earliest quotation: 2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country: “Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they…”
Every English word from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি
Today it means
noun A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali নকশালবাড়ি / Naxalite