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Mumbaikar, n.
Brit. |mʊmˈbʌɪkə|, U.S. |ˌmʊmˈbʌɪkər|
Forms: 19– Mumbaikar, 19– Mumbaiker
[‹ Marathi Mumbaīkar > n.), the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra + eastern Hindi -kar genitive suffix, often used to form surnames from place names.
The word was apparently popularized in English when the Marathi form of the place name was made the official name of the city in 1995.Attested earlier in English contexts as a surname:
1877S. M. Nayak Hist. Pattana Prabhus 63 The Prabhus in addition to their military surnames were popularly known as Mumbaikar, Chaulkar..&c. from the respective seats of their families. ]
A native or inhabitant of Mumbai.
1993Re: Mumbai-Bombay in soc.culture.indian (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. A proud mumbaikar. 1997N.Y. Times 18 May vii. 32/3 In the face of the Mumbaikars' nativism, his writing—worldly, eclectic and humane—reaffirms the ‘old’ Bombay. 2002R. Mistry Family Matters (2003) iii. 53 With so much daily practice, we could all become gold medallists in the obstacle race, we Bombayites. Or should I say, Mumbaikars. 2003Occasions Spring 139/3 Be warned, Mumbaikers dance big-time. 2008Antioch Rev. 66 346 The protagonist, perhaps once a rustic from the hinterland, now a plain-speaking Mumbaikar..carries the narrative through a predictable collage of caricatures. |