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- Sanskrit · derived fromआभीर
- Hindi · borrowed fromअहीर
- English todayAhir
Borrowed from Hindi अहीर (ahīr), from Sanskrit आभीर (ābhīra).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of a clan or community, mostly in northern India, whose traditional occupations are cattle-herding and agriculture, and many of whom identify themselves as Yadav. Full definition →
Borrowed from Hindi अहीर (ahīr), from Sanskrit आभीर (ābhīra).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.