单词 | mahar |
释义 | Maharn. A member of a Scheduled Caste, chiefly of western India, whose traditional duties include acting as village watchman and public messenger and, in some areas, weaving. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste Kunbi1598 pariah1613 Shudra1630 Vaishya1665 chuckler1759 bhangi1823 Kori1839 Mahar1855 sweeper1859 Kola1873 Sansi1882 Panchama1893 untouchable1909 Harijan1931 Scheduled Caste1935 Dalit1948 Scheduled Tribe1957 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 319/2 Mahár, a man of a low caste, retained on the village establishment for the performance of the lowest menial offices, as those of a scavenger: he is also the village messenger, and sometimes employed as watchman: also the name of the caste or tribe. a1863 S. Hislop Aboriginal Tribes of Central Provinces (1866) App. p. xi All Kurkus are of one caste. They eat from the hands of Hindus, but not from Gonds or Mahars. 1909 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India VII. 157 The Mahārs are found all over the Bombay Presidency. Like their namesakes in the Central Provinces, they speak the dialect of their neighbourhood. 1990 Debonair Jan. 6/2 The way Dhasal was ill-treated for no fault of his by people who were of a higher caste (just because he was a Mahar) is shameful and condemnable. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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