Harijan

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Synonym of Dalit.

Συνώνυμα

untouchable

Μεταφράσεις

intouchable

intoccabile

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed from Hindi हरिजन (harijan, literally “Children of God”). Coined by Narsinh Mehta, a Gujarati Bhakti poet Narsinh Mehta in the 15th century and popularized by Mahatma Gandhi as an alternative to the term Dalit.