Dalit

See also: dalit and dalīt

English

Etymology

From Hindi दलित (dalit, “downtrodden, oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, scattered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlɪt/, /ˈdʌlɪt/

Noun

Dalit (plural Dalits)

1. A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.

   Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first leader to have ever fought for a further identity of the Dalits, holding that they are nor Hindus nor Muslims.

Synonyms

• See untouchable

Translations

person regarded as outcaste

• Bengali: দলিত (bn) (dolito)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賤民 / 贱民 (zh) (jiànmín), 達利特人 / 达利特人 (dálìtè rén)

• Finnish: dalit
• French: intouchable (fr) m or f, paria (fr) m or f, dalit (fr) m
• German: Dalit m, Unberührbarer m
• Gujarati: દલિત (dalit)
• Hindi: दलित (hi) (dalit)
• Japanese: 不可触民 (ja) (fukashokumin), 不可触賤民 (fukashoku-senmin)
• Kannada: ದಲಿತ (kn) (dalita)
• Malayalam: ദളിതൻ (daḷitaṉ)
• Marathi: दलित (dalit)
• Nepali: दलित (dalit)
• Odia: ଦଳିତ (or) (daḷita)
• Persian: دالیت (dâlit)
• Portuguese: dalit m or f
• Punjabi: ਦਲਿਤ (dalit), دلت (dlt)
• Russian: неприкаса́емый (ru) m (neprikasájemyj), дали́т (ru) m (dalít), па́рия (ru) m or f (párija)
• Spanish: Dalit
• Tamil: தலித் (talit), தளிதன் (taḷitaṉ)
• Telugu: దళితుడు (te) m (daḷituḍu), దళితురాలు f (daḷiturālu)
• Urdu: دلت

See also

• Adivasi
• Harijan

References

• “Dalit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Dalit”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Dalit” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Tilda, datil, dital, latid, tidal