Adivasi

 
Pronunciation: /ˌɑːdɪˈvɑːsi/

noun (plural Adivasis)

  • a member of any of the aboriginal tribal peoples living in India before the arrival of the Aryans in the second millennium bc.
  • a descendant of any of the Adivasi peoples.

Origin:

from modern Sanskrit ādivāsī, from Sanskrit ādi 'earliest' + vāsi 'inhabitant'