Nishada

noun

Ni·​sha·​da

niˈshädə

plural -s

: a member of a low caste in India : the offspring of a Brahman and a Sudra

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit niṣāda, from Niṣāda, name of a wild non-Aryan tribe

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