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Definition of Badaga
1. Noun. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
2. Noun. The dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga.
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
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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