ब्राह्मणेतर

Hindi

Etymology

A Sanskritic compound of ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇ, “a brahmin”) +‎ इतर (itar, “other”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɾɑːɦ.mə.ɳeː.t̪əɾ/, [bɾäːʱ.mɐ.ɳeː.t̪ɐɾ]

Adjective

ब्राह्मणेतर • (brāhmaṇetar) (indeclinable)

1. (rare) not belonging to the Brahmin caste; either a Kshatriya, Vaishya, or Shudra

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ब्राह्मणेतर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press