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Maithil
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English
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Alternative forms
en Maithila Maithili
Etymology
From en sa मैथिल.
Noun
A member of an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Maithili language.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Maithils.
en https://books.google.co.in/books?id=f3LXAAAAMAAJ Religious Life of the Brahman: A Case Study of Maithil Brahmans Asim Maitra Inter-India Publications 9788121001717 1986 138 They also throw light on the basic attitudes of the Maithil culture and its formal traditional modes of behaviour, some of which are sacramental in character.