Pahari

noun

Pa·​ha·​ri

pəˈhärē

plural Pahari or Paharis

1

a

: one of several chiefly hill peoples of the northeastern part of the subcontinent of India south and west of the Ganges river

b

: a member of one of these peoples

2

a

: a group of Indic languages or dialects used by the Pahari peoples

b

: one of the languages or dialects of this group

Word History

Etymology

Hindi pahāṛī mountaineer, from pahāṛ mountain

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