Badaga

noun

Ba·​da·​ga

bəˈdägə

plural Badaga or Badagas

1

a

: a Dravidian agricultural people of southern India

b

: a member of such people

2

: the dialect of Kanarese that is the language of the Badaga people

Word History

Etymology

Kanarese baḍaga, literally, northman

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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