Is "Gherao" an English word ? I'm confused.

http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2006/aug/aug02/news12.php

like "Pundit " "thug" english has expanding vocabulary..

i heard gherao long time ago . probably 8-9 years ago when my account teacher used it when almost all the student surrounded him for marks. and when we asked was that intended for fun he answered "no this word has been just added to dictionary"

Yes it is and is originally from Hindi.

According to urban dictionary, it is defined as "Indian name for a cacelorazo or noisy protest. The specific Indian variant involves noisily confronting and "mobbing" a political or administrative figure. Used mainly as a verb."

I remember in Godavari there were a lot of variation of the Nepali words into the form of "aod".

Everyone hated the donkey stick they got when caught speaking Nepali. So the challange was always on to Englicize nepali words.

"somebody thuskaod"

Don't remember others but there were plenty of those.

Gherao, meaning 'encirclement', is a word originally from Hindi, and is a typically South Asian way of protest. Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given.

The term became popular in the 1960s when political activists in West Bengal started the practice of surrounding a politician or a government building in large groups, for hours on stretch. The term has been adapted in this form by all Indian English newspapers. In such usage, the past tense of the verb, gheraoed, is more common.

The concept has since been adapted by the labor movement in India.

Source wikepedia.. but i ain't find this word in dictionary, that i have.