单词 | pahari |
释义 | Paharin.adj. A. n. 1. In South Asia: a person from the hills; spec. a member of any of a number of peoples inhabiting the Himalayan regions of Nepal and northern India. Cf. Paharia n. 1.Now technically restricted to peoples of Indo-Aryan origin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Nepal or Tibet > [noun] Tibetian1747 Nepalese1800 Nepalian1811 Paharia1811 Bhutanese1813 Bhotia1824 Pahari1837 Tibetan1842 Nepali1882 1837 T. Bacon First Impressions Hindostan II. iii. 90 The Paharris being characterised by the broad cheek-bones and small twinkling eye of the Chinese. 1901 R. Kipling Kim iv. 93 ‘Huh! It is only a pahari’ (a hillman), said Kim over his shoulder. ‘Since when have the hill-asses owned all Hindustan?’ 1974 Listener 31 Jan. 136/3 The shops are run by Sikhs: the Paharis, the hill people, are not really interested. 1986 M. V. Funn & B. S. Low in D. I. Rubenstein & R. W. Wrangham Ecol. Aspects Social Evol. xi. 224 Among the Pahari, initially polyandrous unions later tend to become polygynandrous because groups of brothers usually try to acquire additional wives. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 6 Nov. The government still maintains that conditions for peaceful coexistence between Bengalis and Paharis must be created, and the problem of land and voting rights must be solved immediately. 2. Any of a group of northern Indo-Aryan languages or their dialects spoken by the Paharis, including Western Pahari, Kumaoni and Garhwali, and Nepali (cf. quot. 1916); (also) this language group as a whole. Cf. Paharia n. 2.In quot. 1858 referring to Newari, a Tibeto-Burman language (see Newari adj. and n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central languages Gujaratic1607 Hindustan1622 Pindari1782 Hindustani1787 Pahari1858 Hindi–Urdu1892 1858 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1857 26 317 The languages included in..these two papers are..Dahi or Darhi..Dénwár..Pahi or Pahari, [etc.]. 1887 R. N. Cust Ling. Ess. 2nd Ser. iii. 73 It is..more convenient..to treat Hindi as the unit, and then allow full room to its magnificent dialects, such as..Bagri, Pahári, [etc.]. 1916 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India IX. iv. 18 Another name Pahāṛī, also meaning ‘Mountaineers’, was given by Mr. Baines to the whole group of Aryan languages spoken in the low Himālaya from Nepal to Chamba. He divided the Pahāṛī languages into three sub-groups, Western Pahāṛī of the Punjāb Himālaya, Central Pahāṛī of Garhwal and Kumaon, and Eastern Pahāṛī of Nepal. 1950 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 773/2 The hill dialects, known as Pahari, are akin to the language spoken in Rajputana. 2004 Hindu (Nexis) 22 Mar. The Pahari Advisory Board includes Hindus and Muslims from elite castes like the Rajputs, Mahajans, Rajas, Peerzadas and Soodans, bound together by..their claim to speak Pahari. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Paharis or their languages. Also more generally: of or characteristic of the hill or mountain regions of northern India. Cf. Paharia adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Nepal or Tibet > [adjective] Tibetian1791 Tibetan1828 Pahari1837 Bhutanese1880 Tibetic1950 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central Indian Moorish1763 Hindu1768 Hindui1785 Hindustani1786 Hindi1791 Urdu1830 Pahari1837 Gujarati1927 1837 T. Bacon First Impressions Hindostan II. iii. 89 I overtook a young Paharri damsel. 1888 R. Kipling Lispeth in Plain Tales from Hills 1 The Kotgarh Chaplain christened her Elizabeth, and ‘Lispeth’ is the Hill or pahari way of pronouncing it. 1908 T. G. Bailey Lang. N. Himalayas iii. p. i Of these all, except Lāhuḷī, belong to what is at present called the Western Pahāṛī language of the Northern Group of the Sanskritic Aryan Family. 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet vi. 376 Kashtawari..is much influenced by the Pahari and Lahnda languages, spoken by its southern and south-eastern neighbours. 1971 Hindustan Times (New Delhi) 7 Apr. 7/3 Mr Khandalavala's books include Pahari Miniature Painting, an exhaustive survey of painting in the Punjab hills. 1997 San Francisco Chron. 28 June e1 The selection of Pahari painting represents well the inventive charm of this regional style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1837 |
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