બહુજન

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana.

The second sense gained popularity through the efforts of anti-caste social activists such as B.R. Ambedkar and Jyotirao Phule, as Scheduled Caste and Bahujan writers have suggested that caste opressed folks constituted 70 percent of the population.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbə.ɦu.d͡ʒən/

Noun

બહુજન • (bahujan) n

1. the community; the people, masses

Noun

બહુજન • (bahujan) m

1. Bahujan (a caste oppressed person)