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Jaichand

Jaichand noun: one who opposes Hindutva and supports its enemies, a traitor, especially a race traitor.

Noun

Jaichand (plural Jaichands)

  1. (India, derogatory, slang) One who opposes Hindutva and supports its enemies, a traitor, especially a race traitor.
    • But in Hindutva mythology, Jaichand is the archetypal traitor because of whom Muslims are able to invade and conquer India, overpowering the valiant Rajputs.2021, Devdutt Patanaik, MumbaiMirrorhttps://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/someone-who-subscribed-to-a-larger-idea-one-that-went-beyond-the-self/articleshow/78467866.cms
    Synonyms:
    raita

Jaichand meaning in Bengali

Jaichand in Bengali

একজন বিশ্বাসঘাতক, বিশেষভাবে একজন জাতি বিশ্বাসঘাতক

Synonyms of Jaichand

Forms of Jaichand

pluralJaichands
alternative formJaychand

Origin of Jaichand

Borrowed from Hindi जयचन्द (jaycand) / जयचंद (jaycand), from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + चन्द्र (candra, “moon”); the Hindi variant of Sanskrit जयचन्द्र (jayacandra, “Jayachandra”), a Gahadavala king whose rule immediately preceded the Ghurid Muslim conquest of much of India, and who was the accused in the poem Prithviraj Raso of conspiring with the Ghurids against India in order to defeat his rival Prithviraj Chauhan.

Questions about Jaichand

What does Jaichand mean?
Jaichand means one who opposes Hindutva and supports its enemies, a traitor, especially a race traitor.
What is Jaichand in Bengali?
Jaichand in Bengali is একজন বিশ্বাসঘাতক, বিশেষভাবে একজন জাতি বিশ্বাসঘাতক. See Jaichand meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Jaichand?
Jaichand is a noun.
What is the plural of Jaichand?
The plural of Jaichand is Jaichands.

Words near Jaichand in the dictionary

  1. jai alai
  2. Jai Hind
  3. Jai Shri Ram
  4. Jai Siya Ram
  5. jai-alai
  6. Jaichand
  7. Jaichands
  8. Jaida
  9. jaidad
  10. jaidads
  11. Jaidan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jaichand (page history and authors); Jaichand (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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