A member of a widely distributed South Asian social or ethnic group living mainly in the area now comprising north-western India and Pakistan.

A member of the Maratha classes of Maharashtra.

Any of the Muslim inhabitants of Malabar (now northern Kerala), India.

Originally, in ancient India: a non-Aryan or person of an outcaste race; a barbarian. In later use: a person who does not conform with conventional…

A member of one of the dominant races of Nepal, of Hindu descent and Sanskritic speech, and especially famous for prowess in fighting. Also attrib…

A member of a people inhabiting the district of Swat in Pakistan. Also attributive or as adj.

A member of a group of peoples living in or near the Naga hills of Burma (Myanmar) and in north-eastern India; a native or inhabitant of Nagaland…

A member of the people of Manipur in north-eastern India.

A member of a Malayalam-speaking people chiefly inhabiting the state of Kerala in south-west India.

One who speaks this language.

A member of a Pathan people on the north-west frontier of Pakistan, noted historically for their fierce opposition to the British in that region…

A member of any of the tribal peoples living in India before the arrival of the Aryans in the second millennium b.c.; (also) a descendant of these…