BIMARU

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

BIMARU

  1. (India, sometimes derogatory) Initialism of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, the poorest and least developed regions in India.

Noun

BIMARU (plural BIMARUs)

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

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