Meanings
nounNaxalite (plural Naxalites)
plural Naxalites
- A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus. The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.
2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country, Penguin Books India, page 112
Origin
- Bengaliনকশালবাড়ি“Naxalbari”
- EnglishNaxalite
Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.
More words from Bengali
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Bengali নকশাল
- নকশাল (nokśal)member of communist movements in India
Chinese Mandarin 納薩爾派 /纳萨尔派
- 納薩爾派 /纳萨尔派 (Nàsà'ěrpài)member of communist movements in India
French naxalite
- naxalitemember of communist movements in India
Hindi नक्सल
- नक्सल (naksal)member of communist movements in India
Russian наксалит
- наксалит (naksalit)member of communist movements in India
Spanish naxalita
- naxalitamember of communist movements in India
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Naxalite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Naxalite
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Chicago
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