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pa·ri·ah P0071200 (pə-rī′ə)n.1. A social outcast: "Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard" (Mark Twain).2. A Dalit.
[From Tamil paṟaiyan, member of a Dalit group of southern India traditionally performing as drummers and performing other tasks considered unclean (from paṛai, festival drum) and its Malayalam equivalent, paṟayan (from paṛa, festival drum).]Word History: Pariah comes from Tamil paṟaiyan and its Malayalam equivalent paṟayan, words that refer to a member of a Dalit group of southern India and Sri Lanka that had very low status in the traditional caste system of India. (The plural of the Tamil word paṟaiyan is paṟaiyar. The symbol ṟ in this Tamil word transliterates a letter pronounced as an alveolar trill in some dialects of Tamil, while it transliterates a letter pronounced as an alveolar liquid in Malayalam.) Because of their low status, the paṟaiyar found work performing undesirable tasks considered ritually impure by members of the higher castes, such as disposing of the corpses of dead cattle and performing music and carrying out other functions at funerals. The term paṟaiyar is derived from paṟai (in Malayalam, paṟa), a name of a kind of drum played as part of certain festivals and ceremonies. Players of this drum have traditionally been drawn from the paṟaiyar group. The word pariah begins to appear in English in travelers' accounts of Indian society and at first refers specifically to the low-status paṟaiyar. One such occurrence of the word dates from as early as 1613. As British colonial power began to expand in India, however, the British began to use the word pariah in a general sense for any Indian person considered an outcaste or simply of low caste in the traditional Indian caste system. By the 1800s, pariah had come to be used of any person who is despised, reviled, or shunned.pariah (pəˈraɪə; ˈpærɪə) n1. (Sociology) a social outcast2. (Sociology) (formerly) a member of a low caste in S India[C17: from Tamil paraiyan drummer, from parai drum; so called because members of the caste were the drummers at festivals]pa•ri•ah (pəˈraɪ ə)
n. 1. outcast. 2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. [1605–15; < Tamil paṟaiyar, pl. of paṟaiyan member of a low caste in S India, literally, drummer (from a hereditary duty of the caste), derivative of paṟai a festival drum] pariahA person regarded as being an outcast from society.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pariah - a person who is rejected (from society or home)castaway, outcast, Ishmaelunfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortuneheretic, misbeliever, religious outcast - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Churchleper - a pariah who is avoided by othersHarijan, untouchable - belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India |
pariahnoun outcast, exile, outlaw, undesirable, untouchable, leper, unperson I was treated like a pariah for the rest of the journey.Translationspariah (pəˈraiə) noun a person driven out of a group or community; an outcast. Because of his political beliefs he became a pariah in the district. 為社會所遺棄者，流浪者 为社会所遗弃者，流浪者
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pariah: see HarijansHarijans
[children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system. They were traditionally sweepers, washers of clothes, leatherworkers, and those whose occupation it was to kill animals.
..... Click the link for more information. .pariah - in India, a member of a low CASTE (see HINDUISM) or ‘untouchable’group, thus subject to ritual and social exclusion.
- by analogy, any social outcast, or stigmatized individual or group.
Pariah a member of an untouchable caste in southern India, rather numerous in the state of Tamil Nadu. In the past it was virtually forbidden for pariahs to have social relations with members of higher castes. Because of the tyranny of the caste system, pariahs lived in separate settlements and were used by cooperative landowners mainly in land cultivation. They were often reduced to the level of serfs and slaves. Pariahs and other low castes in the Republic of India are struggling for social and legal equality and fair land distribution. In European languages “pariah” has come to mean an outcast. PARIAH
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Synonyms for pariahnoun outcastSynonyms- outcast
- exile
- outlaw
- undesirable
- untouchable
- leper
- unperson
Synonyms for pariahnoun a person who is rejected (from society or home)SynonymsRelated Words- unfortunate
- unfortunate person
- heretic
- misbeliever
- religious outcast
- leper
- Harijan
- untouchable
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