Biharin.
/bɪˈhɑːri/ 1. An Indo-Aryan language of north-eastern India. Frequently attributive.
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Maithili1801
Bihari1882
1882 G. A. Grierson Let. 24 Jan. in Seven Grammars of the Bihárí Lang. (1883) Pref. The first or introductory part of the series of Bihárí grammars which I was deputed to compile in the early part of 1881.
1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 924/1 Bihari..the name of the most western of the four forms of speech which comprise the Eastern Group of modern Indo-Aryan Languages.
1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 924/2 The Bihari vocabulary calls for few remarks.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 63 Indic..include[s] such great languages as..Bihari (36 millions), Bengali (50 millions).
2. (Also Behari.) A native or inhabitant of Bihar.
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Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. July 471 The Behāri women's ceremony for producing rain.
1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. v. 238 The street..ought to have been full of Beharis.
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