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单词 dalit
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  • Last year Namita programmed a whole raft of Dalit or “untouchable” writers from across India.

    A Passage to Literature!|William Dalrymple|January 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
  • Months in, I spent time with a woman who was a dalit, an outcast.

    My Own Private Bollywood|Katherine Russell Rich|July 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Dalit

/ (ˈdɑːlɪt) /

noun

a member of the lowest class in India, whom those of the four main castes were formerly forbidden to touchFormerly called: offensive untouchable

Word Origin for Dalit

from Hindi, from Sanskrit dalita, literally: oppressed

Words nearby Dalit

Dali, Dalian, Daliesque, Dalila, Dali, Salvador, Dalit, Dalkon Shield, Dallapiccola, Dallas, dalles, dalliance
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