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BIMARU

BIMARU is the initialism of Bihar.

Meaning of Bihar

Proper noun

Bihar

  1. A state in eastern India. Capital and largest city: Patna.

Noun

BIMARU (plural BIMARUs)

  1. (India, derogatory, ethnic, slur) a person from said states.

Forms of BIMARU

pluralBIMARUs

Origin of BIMARU

Word-play on Hindi बीमार (bīmār, “sick, ill”), coined by Indian demographer Ashish Bose in the 1980s.

Questions about BIMARU

What does BIMARU mean?
BIMARU means a person from said states.
What is BIMARU the initialism of?
BIMARU is the initialism of Bihar.
What part of speech is BIMARU?
BIMARU is a noun.
What is the plural of BIMARU?
The plural of BIMARU is BIMARUs.

Words near BIMARU in the dictionary

  1. bimap
  2. bimaps
  3. bimarginal
  4. bimarginally
  5. bimarginate
  6. BIMARU
  7. bimas
  8. bimastism
  9. bimastoid
  10. bimaterial
  11. bimaternal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: BIMARU (page history and authors); Bihar (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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