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Khasi|ˈkɑːsɪ|
Also † Cossyah, Khas, Khasia(n), Khasiya.
[f. the name Khasi (see below).]
a. Name of a Mongoloid people found in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in north-eastern India; also, an Indo-Aryan people inhabiting the hills of Kumaon and Garhwal; a member of one of these peoples.
b. A language of the Mon-Khmer group spoken by them. Also attrib. or as adj.
1789in Seton-Karr & Sandeman Selections from Calcutta Gaz. (1865) II. 218 We understand the Cossyahs, who inhabit the hills to the north-westward of Sylhet, have committed some very daring acts of violence. 1824R. Heber Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvii. 479 The Khasiyah nation pretend to be all Rajpoots of the highest caste. 1855W. Pryse Introd. Khasia Lang. p. iii, The Khasia or Cossyah is the dialect of a small tribe, reckoning..somewhat under 200,000 souls. Ibid. p. vi, It is hoped that the majority of the Khasia words..will be found in the Vocabulary. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 295/1 The true Khas can be distinguished from the Laos only by the lobe of the ear. 1907P. R. T. Gurdon Khasis 11 We can..suppose that the Khasis are an offshoot of the Mon people of Further India. 1911Encycl. Brit. VIII. 830/2 In language 27,272,895 of the inhabitants [of Eastern Bengal and Assam] speak Bengali, 1,349,784 speak Assamese, and the remainder Hindi and various hill dialects, Manipuri, Bodo, Khasi and Garo. 1918Trans. Scottish Ecclesiol. Soc. V. 230 A barbaric tribe of the Khasias burn their dead and raise to their honour menhirs... If a Khasian is in distress of any kind, he prays to some deceased ancestor. 1926Other Lands July 151/2 There are six Khasis, five Nepalis, and two Lepchas from the Darjeeling Hills. 1936Discovery July 205/2 The Khasis and Syntengs are an isolated group of the great Mon-Khmer family. 1937H. W. Tilman Ascent Nanda Devi i. 7 The..Khasiyas, a race of a caste lower than the Brahmans or Rajputs..yet generally allowed to be also immigrants from an Aryan source, adore..the mountain god Siva. 1967D. S. Parlett Short Dict. Lang. 73 Khasi,..a dialect apparently transitional between Mon-Khmer and Munda language types. |