English-Thai Dictionary
pariah
N คน นอกคอก คนที่ สังคม รังเกียจ คนชั้นต่ำ leper outcast kon-nok-kok
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARIAH
Pa "ri *ah, n. Etym: [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.]
1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. Balfour (Cyc. of India ).
2. An outcast; one despised by society. Pariah dog (Zoöl.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. -- Pariah kite (Zoöl.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda ) which acts as a scavenger in India.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pariah
pa ri ah |pəˈrīə pəˈraɪə | ▶noun 1 an outcast: they were treated as social pariahs. 2 historical a member of a low caste in southern India. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Tamil paṛaiyar, plural of paṛaiyan ‘(hereditary ) drummer, ’ from paṛai ‘a drum ’ (pariahs not being allowed to join in with a religious procession ).
pariah dog
pa ri ah dog |pəˈraɪə ˌdɔɡ | ▶noun another term for pye-dog.
Oxford Dictionary
pariah
pariah |pəˈrʌɪə | ▶noun 1 an outcast: they were treated as social pariahs. 2 historical a member of an indigenous people of southern India originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Tamil paṛaiyar, plural of paṛaiyan ‘(hereditary ) drummer ’, from paṛai ‘a drum ’.
pariah dog
pa ¦riah dog ▶noun another term for pye-dog.
American Oxford Thesaurus
pariah
pariah noun they were treated as social pariahs: outcast, persona non grata, black sheep, leper, undesirable, unperson, nonperson.
Oxford Thesaurus
pariah
pariah noun they were treated as social pariahs: outcast, persona non grata, leper, reject, untouchable, undesirable; rare unperson.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pariah
pa ri ah /pərá (ɪ )ə, pǽriə /名詞 C 1 のけ者, 嫌われ者 (outcast ).2 ｟古 ｠インドなどの下層民, パリア .
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