Lohar
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A person from a traditional blacksmith community in South Asia
- proper noun
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Lohar
- During the festival, many Lohar artisans displayed their beautifully crafted metal artifacts.
Examples
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It is not uncommon for a Hindu to identify himself as a Vaish even if his father is a Kurmi, his mother a Lohar, while he himself married an Ahir.
Academic text (1994) -
Another interesting feature is that many of those culprits were from the Lohar community of Lahore, and it was not an issue for them to produce knives, balama, and birchiyan on their own.
Academic text (2018) -
In Rajasthan, the Lohar community is renowned for their skill in crafting traditional iron tools.
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The blacksmiths known as Lohar play a vital role in the local economy by supplying essential metalwork.
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Lohar comes from a South Asian word loha meaning 'iron'. It names a community of traditional blacksmiths who work with metal, which is why the word refers to this group of people.
