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Kanbi

Kanbi is the alternative form of Kunbi.

Meaning of Kunbi

Noun

Kunbi (plural Kunbis or Kunbi)

  1. Any of several castes of traditional farmers in western India.
  2. A member of this caste.
    • ‘My people are Kunbis. Kunbi simply means peasant, and all the people here were Kunbis once.’2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 140

Origin of Kanbi

Borrowed from Gujarati કણબી (kaṇbī).

Questions about Kanbi

What is Kanbi the alternative form of?
Kanbi is the alternative form of Kunbi.

Words near Kanbi in the dictionary

  1. kanbanize
  2. kanbanized
  3. kanbanizes
  4. kanbanizing
  5. kanbans
  6. Kanbi
  7. Kanchan
  8. Kanchanaburi
  9. kanchani
  10. kanchanis
  11. Kancheepuram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kanbi (page history and authors); Kunbi (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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