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Other / Life in the Countryside | | Hindi term or phrase: मूसहर (?) | Hi,
I recently watched a programme about some very humble people in the countryside who sometimes actually ate rats. Is the right word for them मूसहर, please? If so, what does the “ahar” mean? I can’t find a root like that meaning “eat” – perhaps it’s just “har”, meaning “take, seize, take away”. I am really not sure about the exact translation.
I seem to have been confusing it with मुसहर, which actually seems to have to do with medicinal herbs collected in the forest rather than rats.
All the best,
Simon |
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| | English translation:मूषक आहार | Explanation:
It is the tadbhav form of मूषक आहार, i.e. those who eat rats (मूषक है आहार जिनका).
आहार = food, diet
मूषक = rat
Your confusion probably stems from the mixup between आहार and अहर. AFAIK, there's no such Hindi word as अहर. |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 those who eat rats ,a caste under Hindu religion
Explanation:
मूसहर is a caste under hindu religion ,this name is assigned to them because they eat rats.
मूस =rat
“ahar” means eating
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-04-12 13:13:43 GMT)
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link from wher you can now about mushar cast/community
... All families of Mushar community are being benefited with Government ... Mushar families are being provided all the facilities from the ...
www.upgov.nic.in/news1.asp?idn=2703
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1 day6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 मुसहर, Mus-har
Explanation:
You are right. The other term given by you i.e. मुसहर
is correct. I couldn't find the word मूसहर in any of the Hindi dictionaries. However, I could find the word मुसहर with the following meanings.
A person who lives by selling medicinal herbs collected from the forests.
(Oxford Hindi English Dictionary)
एक अन्तयज (निम्नवर्ण) जंगली जाति जो जंगल से लाकर जड़ी बूटी बेचते हैं।
(भार्गव आदर्श हिन्दी शब्दकोश)
एक जंगली (आदिवासी) जाति, जो दोने, पत्तलें आदि बनाने का काम करती है।
(बृहत् हिन्दी कोश, ज्ञानमण्डल लिमिटेड, वाराणसी)
I could also find its following meaning online in संदर्भ चिट्ठाजगत
घोर निर्धनता में जीने वाले ये लोग भूमिहीन, निरक्षर और श्रमजीवी होते हैं। इनके मुसहर नाम के पीछे भी मूषक ही है। ये दूसरों के खेतों में मजदूरी कर जीवन-यापन करते हैं। मुसहर नाम से स्पष्ट है कि मूषक इनका आहार होता है। जंगली चूहे खेतो के भीतर बड़े बड़े बिल बनाकर रहते हैं। इस श्रमजीवी समाज के जिम्मे अक्सर खेतों में चूहे पकड़ने का काम रहता आया है। इसके अलावा अन्य जीवों जैसे कछुओं, साँप आदि को पकड़ने का काम भी ये करते रहे हैं। चूहों पर आजीविका चलने की वजह से भी और उन्हें आहार बनाने की वजह से इन्हें मुसहर कहा जाता है।
http://sandarbh.chitthajagat.in/feed.xml?shrenee=माउस
Example sentence(s):- मुसहर हरे पत्तों से थाली और दोने तैयार करते थे।
- मुसहर - चूहा, कछुआ पकड़ने, खाने वाला. धानुख - रस्सी बट्ने वाला. बरई - पनहेरी
www.lakesparadise.com/madhumati/show_artical.php?id=473 - 56k
tdil.mit.gov.in/CoilNet/IGNCA/kvbhoj11.htm - 160k
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