bahujan means a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.
Why “bahujan” is a great word
BAHUJAN — [Noun] In South Asia, a person belonging to the caste-oppressed majority or a religious minority. Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana, meaning "the many" or "majority." The modern socio-political sense was popularized by anti-caste activists in the post-independence era. Unlike "Dalit" (which specifically denotes those historically deemed "untouchable") or "Savarna" (which names the privileged minority within the four-varna hierarchy), Bahujan is the encompassing political identity of the marginalized multitude. It is the calloused hand on the plough, the collective weight of hands that work the land but do not own it, and the quiet thunder of a demographic truth long suppressed—a name for the many, transforming a statistical fact into a gathering force.
noun
- a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.