Asian Indiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌeɪʒn ˈɪndɪən/,

/ˌeɪʃn ˈɪndɪən/, U.S.

/ˌeɪʒən ˈɪndiən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Asian adj., Indian n., Indian adj.

Etymology: As noun < Asian adj. + Indian n. As adjective < Asian adj. + Indian adj.

Chiefly U.S.

A. n.

A person from India; (more usually) a person of Indian origin or descent.Used by the U.S. Census Bureau to distinguish between people from India (or with Indian ancestry), and North American Indian people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun]

Indianc1400

East Indian1555

Asian Indian1904

1904 W. E. Chancellor & F. W. Hewes United States: Hist. Three Cent. Ref. & Notes 513 The term Amerind has been much discussed by the ethnologists, some of whom desire to use it as a means of distinguishing, by a single term, the American from the Asian Indians.

1953 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. iv. 2/2 On its [sc. British Guiana] tiny, hot strip of coastal lowland, there lives a population of 437,000, mainly the descendants of Asian Indians and Negroes brought to Guiana to work the big sugar and rice plantations.

2016 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Neighbor section) 3 The Association of Indians in America is the oldest national association of Asian Indians in America.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a person from India, or of Indian origin or descent.Used by the U.S. Census Bureau to distinguish between people from India (or with Indian ancestry), and North American Indian people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective]

Indianesque1840

Asian Indian1951

1951 Times of India 30 Nov. 7/2 There was a growing feeling among the people with whom he had discussed the report that the rapid increase in population and wealth of the Asian Indian community was the real threat to racial harmony.

1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 437 It has implications for the extension to other than Asian Indian societies of the concept of ‘caste’ and for the relationship between caste and class principles of stratification.

2016 N. J. Sales Amer. Girls iv. 193 Melissa, Zoe, and Greta were white and Padma was Asian Indian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	asian indian
释义	Asian Indiann.adj. Brit. /ˌeɪʒn ˈɪndɪən/, /ˌeɪʃn ˈɪndɪən/, U.S. /ˌeɪʒən ˈɪndiən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Asian adj., Indian n., Indian adj. Etymology: As noun < Asian adj. + Indian n. As adjective < Asian adj. + Indian adj. Chiefly U.S. A. n. A person from India; (more usually) a person of Indian origin or descent.Used by the U.S. Census Bureau to distinguish between people from India (or with Indian ancestry), and North American Indian people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] Indianc1400 East Indian1555 Asian Indian1904 1904 W. E. Chancellor & F. W. Hewes United States: Hist. Three Cent. Ref. & Notes 513 The term Amerind has been much discussed by the ethnologists, some of whom desire to use it as a means of distinguishing, by a single term, the American from the Asian Indians. 1953 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. iv. 2/2 On its [sc. British Guiana] tiny, hot strip of coastal lowland, there lives a population of 437,000, mainly the descendants of Asian Indians and Negroes brought to Guiana to work the big sugar and rice plantations. 2016 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 20 Sept. (Neighbor section) 3 The Association of Indians in America is the oldest national association of Asian Indians in America. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a person from India, or of Indian origin or descent.Used by the U.S. Census Bureau to distinguish between people from India (or with Indian ancestry), and North American Indian people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] Indianesque1840 Asian Indian1951 1951 Times of India 30 Nov. 7/2 There was a growing feeling among the people with whom he had discussed the report that the rapid increase in population and wealth of the Asian Indian community was the real threat to racial harmony. 1960 Amer. Anthropologist 62 437 It has implications for the extension to other than Asian Indian societies of the concept of ‘caste’ and for the relationship between caste and class principles of stratification. 2016 N. J. Sales Amer. Girls iv. 193 Melissa, Zoe, and Greta were white and Padma was Asian Indian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1904
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