Adivasi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Adivasi
Sanskrit, from adi beginning + vasi dweller
Example Sentences
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In the heart of Daudhan, 48-year-old Mahesh Adivasi sat with a group of men, who voiced their dissent in the form of a protest song.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Adivasi communities like the Jenu Kurubas are among the poorest in India.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
These Adivasi communities lived by shifting cultivation of millets and other subsistence crops, as well as rice cultivation, in forested mountains of eastern India.
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023
Adivasi is an umbrella term for Indigenous groups in India, covering a population of more than 100 million people, with a tremendous diversity in ethnicities, culture, languages and even language families.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2022
Despite that, he said, the number of Dalit and Adivasi priests, nuns and bishops is disproportionately low.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2022
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