दलित

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See also: दौलत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken, destroyed, split”), originally an adjectival form of दलन (dalana, “splitting, destruction”), from the root दल् (dal, “to split, crack”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.lɪt̪/,

Proper noun

दलित • (dalit) m (Urdu spelling دلت)

  1. Dalit (a caste excluded from Vedic society)

Declension

Declension of दलित (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct दलित
dalit
oblique दलित
dalit
vocative दलित
dalit

Noun

दलित • (dalit) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling دلت)

  1. Dalit (member of the Dalit caste)
    Synonym: (now derogatory) हरिजन (harijan)

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of दलित (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दलित
dalit 		दलित
dalit
oblique दलित
dalit 		दलितों
dalitõ
vocative दलित
dalit 		दलितो
dalito
Declension of दलित (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दलित
dalit 		दलितें
dalitẽ
oblique दलित
dalit 		दलितों
dalitõ
vocative दलित
dalit 		दलितो
dalito

Adjective

दलित • (dalit) (indeclinable)

  1. Dalit

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “दलित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0471.
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