Definition of Badaga

1. Noun. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.

Generic synonyms: Dravidian

2. Noun. The dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga.
Generic synonyms: Kanarese, Kannada

Definition of Badaga

1. Proper noun. A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India. ¹

2. Proper noun. The indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Badaga

Bacteroides nodosus
Bacteroides oris
Bacteroides pneumosintes
Bacteroides praeacutus
Bacteroides putredinis
Bacteroides thetaiotamicron
Bactria
Bactrian
Bactrian camel
Bactrian camels
Bactrians
Baculovirus
Bad Thing
Badaga (current term)
Badajoz
Baddams
Bade
Baden
Baden-Württemberg
Badeshi
Badger State
Badiu
Badlands
Badlands National Park
Badminton
Badoglian

Literary usage of Badaga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Of them, one Badaga boy was foolish—so they say. 3. The Badaga woman who was married to the foolish Badaga boy looking at her husband said, 'Husband! ..."

2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Of them, one Badaga boy was foolish—so they say. 3. The Badaga woman who was married to the foolish Badaga boy looking at her husband said, 'Husband! ..."

3. The Todas by William Halse Rivers Rivers (1906)
"This greeting only takes place between Todas and the more important of the Badaga community. It would seem that every Badaga headman may be greeted in this ..."

4. Travels Amongst the Todas: Or The Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India by William Elliot Marshall, George Uglow Pope (1873)
"Diet—Kutu—Badaga and Kota Neighbours prey on the Todas—Todas give away valuable Property—Not flesh eaters—Ceremony of eating Buffalo flesh—Don't drink ..."

5. A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency by Henry Bidewell Grigg (1880)
"Badaga schools—Scheme of Union Schools.—Schools for Anglo-Indians.—The Breeks' Memorial School.— Convent Schools.—Tamil Mission School. ..."

6. Report of the Second Decennial Missionary Conference Held at Calcutta, 1882 (1883)
"4 Badaga Christians who have died since 1846 ... 21 Badaga Christians now on the roll ... ... 65 Missionaries since 1846 (not including wives) . ..."

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