kurmi

[ koor-mee ]

noun

1. a member of a major agricultural caste widespread in northern and central India.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kurmi¹

< eastern Hindi kurmī or Bengali kurmi, kuṛmi; compare Sanskrit kuṭumbin- householder

Example Sentences

The authorities were alarmed to find students able to access extremist material in the IT suite of a school in the town of Kurmi, a few weeks after a man was sentenced for sharing extremist videos on social media.

From BBC

The Kurmi × 0654 and Atlas × Carina Red maps were integrated with the previously published quinoa linkage map13, with the Kurmi × 0654 map being used as the reference for the positions of anchor markers and scaling.

From Nature

The anchor markers on the alternative map received the position of the Kurmi × 0654 map anchor marker in the integrated map.

From Nature

On this level, a regression of cM position on both maps yielded R2 values >0.85 and often >0.9, so the regression line can easily be used for interpolating the positions of the alternative map towards the corresponding position on the Kurmi × 0654 map.

From Nature

All Kurmi × 0654 markers went into the integrated map on their original position.

From Nature