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South ˈAsian, a.
[f. South Asia, the name given to the part of Asia (including Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Indian sub-continent) which is bounded in the east by Burma, in the west by Iran, and in the north by the Central Asian republics and China.]
Of or relating to South Asia or its inhabitants.
An isolated example of the collocation in the sense ‘Australian’ occurs in the title of a short-lived quarterly, the South Asian Register, published in Australia in 1827.
[1951Internat. Social Sci. Bull. III. 783 (title) The impact of modern technology on the social structures of South Asia. Ibid., The countries dealt with in this paper are India, including the country now known as Pakistan, Burma, Siam, Malaya, Indonesia, Indochina and Ceylon.] 1962R. D. Lambert (title) Resources for South Asian area studies in the United States. 1971R. Russell in Aziz Ahmad's Shore & Wave 7 The novel in Urdu, as in all the modern languages of the South Asian sub-continent, is of very recent growth. 1976C. P. Masica Defining Ling. Area: S. Asia p. xi, The specific problem..is that of the territorial delineation of the South Asian, or ‘Indian’, [sic] linguistic area. 1979Summary World Broadcasts: Far East (B.B.C.) 12 Apr. a1/3 A multilateral declaration by all South Asian countries that they would not acquire nuclear weapons. 1986Ann. Reg. 1985 272 The new regional grouping of seven countries—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives—the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Hence South ˈAsianist n., a student of or expert on South Asia and its affairs.
1978Pacific Affairs LI. 528 This is a sensitive in-depth study of structural change which should be read by South Asianists. 1984Jrnl. R. Asiatic Soc. 172 The book is well produced, and its forthright discussion of the predicament of Indian tribal groups contains much of interest both for South Asianists and for those more generally concerned with social change and development among tribes. |