pariahs

We have found lemma(root) word of pariahs : pariah.

Definitions


[pəˈrʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an outcast
(e.g: they were treated as social pariahs)

- a member of a group of castes concentrated in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in Sri Lanka, included among the Scheduled Castes or Dalits


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Tamil paṟaiyaṉ (plural paṟaiyar), Malayalam paṟayan ‘ceremonial drummer’, from Tamil paṟai and Malayalam paṟa ‘a drum’




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