What do you call an Uttar Pradesh person?

New-South-Welshman · Apr 23rd, 2006, 23:14

People from Bengal are Bengalis and Punjab are Punjabis, but what are people from Uttar Pradesh called?

gautam_n_ · Apr 23rd, 2006, 23:16

UP'ite ?

cyberhippie · Apr 23rd, 2006, 23:19

Uttar Pradeshi ??

AvidTrekker · Apr 23rd, 2006, 23:52

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Originally Posted by cyberhippie

Uttar Pradeshi ??

In Mumbai, a rather derogatory term is used for them. The word really means ""brother"" but the tone conveys the meaning... which is "country hick""

The word is ""bhaiyyaa""

भैया

goangoangone · Apr 24th, 2006, 07:19

How about Absolute or Total Pradeshi?

DanielM · Apr 24th, 2006, 07:52

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Originally Posted by goangoangone

How about Absolute or Total Pradeshi?

If you are refering to residents of the state, then your guess is as good as mine, though I would go with Uttar Pradeshi.
But if you mean ethnically (as in bengali speakers as opposed to west bengalis, or people of the punjabi culture as opposed to people from the state) then there are plenty of terms, depending on who you are talking about. There are Bhojpuris, Awadhis, etc, etc.

edwardseco · Apr 24th, 2006, 09:06

UP valla.?

bebe · Apr 24th, 2006, 09:10

i think it might be specific to each locality since UP is such a big state with such diverse centers as varanasi and moradabad..

also, i think people in UP are less obsessed than their city dwelling counterparts in being labeled in reference to their place of residence..

Merchant · Apr 24th, 2006, 09:49

UP is a more heterogenous state than Bengal or Punjab, which refers to the culture as well as the place. I think the people from UP find other, more specific ways to refer to themselves.

Vibhu Jindal · Apr 24th, 2006, 10:40

the atual word that ought to be used to address people from Uttar Pradesh is - "Oudhi" ( pronounced as - Awadhi) that means - of Oudh ( pronounced as Awadh). Oudh is the old name of sultanate which consisted regions stretching from Delhis yamuna borders till todays UP - Bihar border and from Indo-Nepal border till Bundelkhand region in south in short it is the same as todays Uttar Pradesh and as the case is today it never had Uttaranchal as its part.
Uttar Pradesh's original name is Oudh and the local language spoken was Oudhi - a local corruption of Hindi ( lord Krishna is supposed to have spoken this language only). But the Nawabs and other nobilities used Urdu.

davyd · Apr 24th, 2006, 18:59

Funny.
Whenever I was in India Up people usually were called simply UP. I think it means Hindi but some insist - many UP's talk their dialect and it's not possible to follow them.
When I was on my first flight to India I was neighbour of one diplomats's wife. She told me she was from UP. When I asked her what is about UP, she told me - you will know. Now I know.

DanielM · Apr 24th, 2006, 20:52

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Originally Posted by Vibhu Jindal

language spoken was Oudhi - a local corruption of Hindi ( lord Krishna is supposed to have spoken this language only).

I would not call it a corruption. Afterall, works like the Ramcharitmanas were being written by folk like Tulsidas long before something called "hindi" ever existed. At least, long before the dialect that became the lingua franca of Delhi and later North India was chosen as such. Before such time, Awadhi was just as legitimate as Hindwi/khadi boli, etc. No corruptions here, hai na?

Indojingai · Apr 24th, 2006, 21:20

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Originally Posted by DanielM

I would not call it a corruption.

That reminds me of UP being the most (or one of) corrupt states in India, sometimes Delhi-wallas call it 'ulta pradesh' meaning upside down state.

So a UP person would be 'ulta pradeshi'. upside down man.

Vibhu Jindal · Apr 25th, 2006, 09:40

Daniel it was just a figure of speech.......the fact remains that Oudhi originated in rural heartland of gangetic plains and in urban centres proper hindi ruled......
this can be seen even today, where in u'll find that urban centres in Uttar Pradesh proper hindi is spoken and in rural areas Oudhi is spoken.
Oudhi and hindi spoken commonley today are not pure Oudhi or Hindi rather they are a derivation of original Oudhi and Hindi and Urdu ( which in turn is a combination of Persian and Hindi and Oudhi with persian script......confusing na).....anyway as for those Delhi wallas, i dont think that they have their mind in the right place either.

fromusawithluv · Apr 25th, 2006, 10:09

I've been told from a long resident of UP, that they're called "UP"ian...(ew-pee-an).

I've also heard UPian referred as bhaiyyaa, avidtrekker.

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Vibhu Jindal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 423	the atual word that ought to be used to address people from Uttar Pradesh is - "Oudhi" ( pronounced as - Awadhi) that means - of Oudh ( pronounced as Awadh). Oudh is the old name of sultanate which consisted regions stretching from Delhis yamuna borders till todays UP - Bihar border and from Indo-Nepal border till Bundelkhand region in south in short it is the same as todays Uttar Pradesh and as the case is today it never had Uttaranchal as its part. Uttar Pradesh's original name is Oudh and the local language spoken was Oudhi - a local corruption of Hindi ( lord Krishna is supposed to have spoken this language only). But the Nawabs and other nobilities used Urdu. Last edited by Vibhu Jindal : Apr 24th, 2006 at 19:52.

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bebe Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 9	i think it might be specific to each locality since UP is such a big state with such diverse centers as varanasi and moradabad.. also, i think people in UP are less obsessed than their city dwelling counterparts in being labeled in reference to their place of residence..

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Merchant Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,096	UP is a more heterogenous state than Bengal or Punjab, which refers to the culture as well as the place. I think the people from UP find other, more specific ways to refer to themselves.

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davyd just a traveler Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 320	Funny. Whenever I was in India Up people usually were called simply UP. I think it means Hindi but some insist - many UP's talk their dialect and it's not possible to follow them. When I was on my first flight to India I was neighbour of one diplomats's wife. She told me she was from UP. When I asked her what is about UP, she told me - you will know. Now I know.

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Vibhu Jindal Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 423	Daniel it was just a figure of speech.......the fact remains that Oudhi originated in rural heartland of gangetic plains and in urban centres proper hindi ruled...... this can be seen even today, where in u'll find that urban centres in Uttar Pradesh proper hindi is spoken and in rural areas Oudhi is spoken. Oudhi and hindi spoken commonley today are not pure Oudhi or Hindi rather they are a derivation of original Oudhi and Hindi and Urdu ( which in turn is a combination of Persian and Hindi and Oudhi with persian script......confusing na).....anyway as for those Delhi wallas, i dont think that they have their mind in the right place either.

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