noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈdɑːlɪt/
/ˈdʌlɪt/
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noun
Meaning 1
A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first leader to fight for a further identity of the Dalits, holding that they were neither Hindus nor Muslims.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi दलित (dalit, “oppressed”), from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destroyed”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
দলিত
(dolito)
— person regarded as outcaste
Chinese Mandarin:
賤民 /贱民
(jiànmín)
— person regarded as outcaste
Chinese Mandarin:
達利特人 /达利特人
(dálìtè rén)
— person regarded as outcaste
Finnish:
dalit
— person regarded as outcaste
French:
intouchable
— person regarded as outcaste
French:
paria
— person regarded as outcaste
French:
dalit
— person regarded as outcaste
German:
Dalit
— person regarded as outcaste
German:
Unberührbarer
— person regarded as outcaste
Gujarati:
દલિત
(dalit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Hindi:
दलित
(dalit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Japanese:
不可触民
(fukashokumin)
— person regarded as outcaste
Japanese:
不可触賤民
(fukashoku-senmin)
— person regarded as outcaste
Kannada:
ದಲಿತ
(dalita)
— person regarded as outcaste
Malayalam:
ദളിതൻ
(daḷitaṉ)
— person regarded as outcaste
Marathi:
दलित
(dalit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Nepali:
दलित
(dalit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Odia:
ଦଳିତ
(daḷita)
— person regarded as outcaste
Persian:
دالیت
(dâlit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Polish:
dalit
— person regarded as outcaste
Portuguese:
dálita
— person regarded as outcaste
Punjabi:
ਦਲਿਤ
(dalit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Punjabi:
دلت
(dlt)
— person regarded as outcaste
Russian:
неприкаса́емый
(neprikasájemyj)
— person regarded as outcaste
Russian:
дали́т
(dalít)
— person regarded as outcaste
Russian:
па́рия
(párija)
— person regarded as outcaste
Spanish:
Dalit
— person regarded as outcaste
Tamil:
தலித்
(talit)
— person regarded as outcaste
Tamil:
தளிதன்
(taḷitaṉ)
— person regarded as outcaste
Telugu:
దళితుడు
(daḷituḍu)
— person regarded as outcaste
Telugu:
దళితురాలు
(daḷiturālu)
— person regarded as outcaste
