Adivasi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Adivasi
Sanskrit, from adi beginning + vasi dweller
Example Sentences
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"The project should have been a blessing for our village but, the truth is, it will plunge us further into darkness," said Lakshmi Adivasi, 20.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
M. Alwas, who heads the Nilgiris Adivasi Welfare Association in Kotagiri, a nonprofit that aims to help tribes in the region, said one of the main challenges is getting the younger generation involved.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
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
Despite that, he said, the number of Dalit and Adivasi priests, nuns and bishops is disproportionately low.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2022
“He fell in love with the Adivasi way of life: their egalitarianism, their consensus-based decision-making, their closeness and their contentment,” said Tony PM, another Jesuit priest who worked with Father Swamy in Jharkhand.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
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