"Dalit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɑːlɪt/, /ˈdʌlɪt/ Forms: Dalits [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi दलित (dalit, “downtrodden, oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, scattered”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|दल्}}, {{bor|en|hi|दलित||downtrodden, oppressed}} Hindi दलित (dalit, “downtrodden, oppressed”), {{der|en|sa|दलित||broken, scattered}} Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, scattered”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Dalit (plural Dalits)
  1. A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes. Wikipedia link: Dalit Synonyms: untouchable Related terms: Adivasi, Harijan Translations (person regarded as outcaste): দলিত (dolito) (Bengali), 賤民 (Chinese Mandarin), 贱民 (jiànmín) (Chinese Mandarin), 達利特人 (Chinese Mandarin), 达利特人 (dálìtè rén) (Chinese Mandarin), dalit (Finnish), intouchable [feminine, masculine] (French), paria [feminine, masculine] (French), dalit [masculine] (French), Dalit [masculine] (German), Unberührbarer [masculine] (German), દલિત (dalit) (Gujarati), दलित (dalit) (Hindi), 不可触民 (fukashokumin) (Japanese), 不可触賤民 (fukashoku-senmin) (Japanese), ದಲಿತ (dalita) (Kannada), ദളിതൻ (daḷitaṉ) (Malayalam), दलित (dalit) (Marathi), दलित (dalit) (Nepali), ଦଳିତ (daḷita) (Odia), دالیت (dâlit) (Persian), dalit [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ਦਲਿਤ (dalit) (Punjabi), دلت (dlt) (Punjabi), неприкаса́емый (neprikasájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), дали́т (dalít) [masculine] (Russian), па́рия (párija) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), Dalit (Spanish), தலித் (talit) (Tamil), தளிதன் (taḷitaṉ) (Tamil), దళితుడు (daḷituḍu) [masculine] (Telugu), దళితురాలు (daḷiturālu) [feminine] (Telugu), دلت (Urdu)

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    },
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "dalit",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "दलित"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "daḷita",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "ଦଳିତ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâlit",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "دالیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dalit",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "ਦਲਿਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dlt",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "دلت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprikasájemyj",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неприкаса́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dalít",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дали́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "párija",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "Dalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "talit",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "தலித்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "taḷitaṉ",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "தளிதன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "daḷituḍu",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "దళితుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "daḷiturālu",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "దళితురాలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "person regarded as outcaste",
      "word": "دلت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dalit"
}

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