Meaning

1 senses
  1. (India, derogatory, slang)One who opposes Hindutva and supports its enemies, a traitor, especially a race traitor.

Origin

Borrowed from Hindi जयचन्द (jaycand) / जयचंद (jaycand), from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”)

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.

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Forms

plural: Jaichands

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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