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harijan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
har-i-jan
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Dalit.

Derogatory

noun

Alternative form of Harijan

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: हरिजन

Usage

Inflected Forms

Harijans (plural)

Synonyms

Dalit untouchable

Questions

What does harijan mean?
Synonym of Dalit.
Where does harijan come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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