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Bihari|bɪˈhɑːrɪ|
[Hindi bihārī, f. Bihār the state of Bihar or Behar in north-eastern India.]
a. (Also Behari.) A native or inhabitant of Bihar.
b. An Indo-Aryan language of north-eastern India.
1882G. A. Grierson Let. 24 Jan. in Seven Grammars of the Bihárí Lang. (1883) Pref., The first or introductory part of the series of Bihárí grammars which I was deputed to compile in the early part of 1881. 1897Jrnl. R. Asiatic Soc. XXIX. 471 The Behāri women's ceremony for producing rain. 1899Kipling From Sea to Sea I. v. 238 The street..ought to have been full of Beharis. 1910Encycl. Brit. III. 924/1 Bihari..the name of the most western of the four forms of speech which comprise the Eastern Group of modern Indo-Aryan Languages. Ibid. 924/2 The Bihari vocabulary calls for few remarks. 1933Bloomfield Lang. iv. 63 Indic..include[s] such great languages as..Bihari (36 millions), Bengali (50 millions). |