Bahujan
noun
Bahujan is spelled B-A-H-U-J-A-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Bahujan means “a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Bahujan is Bahujans.
How many letters and syllables are in Bahujan?
| Letters | 7: B-A-H-U-J-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Bahujan?
Bahujan appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of Bahujan
- Bahujans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Bahujan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Bahujan come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana (“majority”) as caste oppressed people are the majority of the population. The term was popularized by anti-caste social activists.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).