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Kharkhuwa
Kharkhuwa or Kharkhowa ((アッサム語:খাৰখোৱা)) is an Assamese term which is used to signify a person necessarily having Assamese ethnicity and a descendant of people of medieval Assam, now a territory of India.
The word Kharkhuwa has found its use extensively in Assamese satirical ( but sometimes even in serious) pieces of writing and in common parlance to signify native and indigenous commoners of Assam, often referring to or addressing them in a derogatory manner but never being offensive in any way. In fact, this word is a privileged term, loved to be used by a person referring his or her own self with pride for being a native Assamese speaking commoner.
==Meaning==
The term Kharkhuwa is a composite word consisting of ''Khar'' (meaning alkali) and ''Khuwa'' ( meaning to eat or one who eats). Although ''Khar'' means alkali i.e. opposite to acid, in Assamese cuisine ''Khar''〔http://sunitabhuyan.com/?p=2299〕 is also the name of a dish (which is probably unique to the Indian state of Assam) prepared from natural sources of alkali like unripe papaya, ''bheem kol'' (Botanical name : ''Musa bulbasiana'' ) etc. . Thus the literal meaning of the term Kharkhuwa is ''the one who eats khar'' . Grammatically, Kharkhuwa can be used both as noun and adjective. While using as an adjective, the word Asomiya ( i.e. Assamese) shall necessarily immediately follow. ( e.g. Kharkhuwa Asomiya).
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