Maithil

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noun

A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Maithili language.

OriginSanskrit मैथिल →
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Meanings

nounMaithil (plural Maithils)

plural Maithils · alternative Maithila · alternative Maithili

  1. A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Maithili language.
adjectiveMaithil (comparative more Maithil, superlative most Maithil)

comparative more Maithil · superlative most Maithil · alternative Maithila · alternative Maithili

  1. Of or pertaining to the Maithils.

    They also throw light on the basic attitudes of the Maithil culture and its formal traditional modes of behaviour, some of which are sacramental in character.

    1986, Asim Maitra, Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans, Inter-India Publications, →ISBN, page 138

Origin

  1. Sanskritमैथिल
  2. EnglishMaithil

From Sanskrit मैथिल (maithila).

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