Babhan

noun

Ba·​bhan

ˈbäbən

plural -s

: a Hindu of a high caste of the Aryo-Dravidian ethnic type that dwells mainly in Bihar

Word History

Etymology

Bihari bābhan, from Sanskrit brāhmaṇa Brahman

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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