Meanings
nounMadhesi (plural Madhesi)
- A member of one of several ethnic groups who live in the terai in southern Nepal.
The Madhesi and Tharu mainly live in the southernmost part of Nepal, an area known as Terai. Terai accounts for about a fifth of Nepal’s land area but is home to slightly more than half of its population, with the two ethnic groups making up just over a quarter of this.
2015 September 20, Sugam Pokharel, Salim Essaid, “More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022
Origin
- Hindiमधेशी
- EnglishMadhesi
Borrowed from Hindi मधेशी (madheśī).
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APA
Madhesi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madhesi
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“Madhesi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madhesi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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