Naxalite

See also: naxalite

English

Etymology

Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.

Noun

Naxalite (plural Naxalites)

1. A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
   • 2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country, Penguin Books India, page 112:

     Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus.
     The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.

Related terms

• Naxal
• Naxalism
• Naxalist
• urban Naxal

Translations

member of communist movements in India

• Bengali: নকশাল (bn) (nokśal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納薩爾派／纳萨尔派 (nàsà'ěrpài)

• French: naxalite (fr) f
• Hindi: नक्सल (naksal)
• Marathi: नक्षल (nakṣal)
• Russian: наксалит (naksalit)
• Spanish: naxalita m or f

References

• “Naxalite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Naxalite”, in Collins English Dictionary.