Dalit
A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or…A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.
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Meaning
1 sensesA member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.
Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first leader to fight for a further identity of the Dalits, holding that they were neither Hindus nor Muslims.
Dalit, Unberührbarer
неприкаса́емыйneprikasájemyj, дали́тdalít, па́рияpárija
Examples
2 sentences"You're an emotional dalit!" "An emotional what?"
About 21 percent of the Dalit population lives in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Marathi दलित (dalit, “oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destBorrowed from Marathi दलित (dalit, “oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destroyed”).
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