"Badaga" meaning in English

See Badaga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Badega [alternative], Vadagar [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Badaga படகா. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|bfq:படகா|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Badaga", "term" : "படகா", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bfq" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Badaga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Badaga"> Borrowed from Badaga படகா. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Badaga
  1. A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
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Noun

Forms: Badagas [plural], Badaga [plural], Badega [alternative], Vadagar [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Badaga படகா. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|bfq:படகா|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Badaga", "term" : "படகா", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bfq" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Badaga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Badaga"> Borrowed from Badaga படகா. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|*}} Badaga (plural Badagas or Badaga)
  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Badaga terms Translations (language): बदगा (badgā) (Hindi), ಬಡಗ (baḍaga) (Kannada), ബഡഗ (baḍaga) (Malayalam), படுக (paṭuka) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-Badaga-en-noun-Qjsoux2T

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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