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Ahir

Ahir noun: a member of a clan or community, mostly in northern India, whose traditional occupations are cattle-herding and agriculture, and many of whom identify themselves as Yadav.

Noun

Ahir (plural Ahirs or Ahir)

  1. A member of a clan or community, mostly in northern India, whose traditional occupations are cattle-herding and agriculture, and many of whom identify themselves as Yadav.

Ahir meaning in Hindi

Ahir in Hindi

Ahir, a member of the Ahir caste, traditionally pastoralists and cowherds, mostly in northern India and many of whom identify themselves as Yadavs
अहीर ahīr

Forms of Ahir

pluralAhirs
pluralAhir
alternative formAheer

Origin of Ahir

Borrowed from Hindi अहीर (ahīr), from Sanskrit आभीर (ābhīra).

Questions about Ahir

What does Ahir mean?
Ahir means a member of a clan or community, mostly in northern India, whose traditional occupations are cattle-herding and agriculture, and many of whom identify themselves as Yadav.
What is Ahir in Hindi?
Ahir in Hindi is अहीर (ahīr). See Ahir meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ahir?
Ahir is a noun.
What is the plural of Ahir?
The plural of Ahir is Ahirs.

Words near Ahir in the dictionary

  1. ahimsa silks
  2. ahind
  3. ahing
  4. ahinsa
  5. ahint
  6. Ahir
  7. Ahirman
  8. Ahirs
  9. ahis
  10. ahistoric
  11. ahistorical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ahir (page history and authors); अहीर (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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