Dalit
/ (ˈdɑːlɪt) /
noun
a member of the lowest class in India, whom those of the four main castes were formerly forbidden to touch
Formerly called: offensive untouchable
Word Origin for Dalit
from Hindi, from Sanskrit
dalita, literally: oppressed
Example sentences from the Web for dalit
Last year Namita programmed a whole raft of Dalit or “untouchable” writers from across India.
Months in, I spent time with a woman who was a dalit, an outcast.