दलित

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/, [d̪ɐ.lɪt̪]

Proper noun

दलित • (dalit) m (Urdu spelling دلت)

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)

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)

Dalit

References

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

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

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