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Dalit

//ˈdɑːlɪt// noun

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

    "Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first leader to fight for a further identity of the Dalits, holding that they were neither Hindus nor Muslims."

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi दलित (dalit, “oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destroyed”).

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