Dalit

See also: dalit and dalīt

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Etymology

Literally meaning "downtrodden, oppressed", through some intermediate Indo-Aryan languages, ultimately from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, scattered”).

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.

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