Meaning of bhapa | Babel Free

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1. a slur, usually but not always casteist, which emerged after Partition and has different connotations depending on the speaker and the context:
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
2. a general pejorative term for Khatri Sikhs
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
3. used by Jatt Sikhs to single out non-Jatts, especially Khatri Sikhs, usually out of a false sense of superiority
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
4. used by Sikhs to denigrate other Sikhs for excessive loyalty to India (especially if they or their ancestors fled Pakistan during Partition) and friendliness with Hindus
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
5. denigrates Sikhs living in Delhi, often in combination with the previous definition
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
6. used by Hindus to taunt the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, mainly Sikhs from Delhi
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
7. used by Hindus to tarnish non-Khatri Sikhs as disloyal to their caste due to their belief in Sikhi; usually accompanied by an accusation of Sikhi being a "Khatri cult" (referring to the background of the Sikh gurus): falsely alleging that non-Khatris were and still are being taken advantage of by others as a result of abandoning caste consciousness
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
8. used by Hindus as a catch-all anti-Sikh slur, but with general casteist undertones unlike most other such slurs
   India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang

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