Khaksar

noun

Khak·​sar

(ˈ)käk¦sär

plural -s

: a member of a militant Muslim nationalist movement of India

Word History

Etymology

Hindi ḵẖāksār, from Persian khāksār humble, probably from khāk dust + -sār like

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