Harijan — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɹɹɪdʒən/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɑːɹɪdʒən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɑːɹɪdʒən/

3 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːɹɹɪdʒən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

untouchable

Word Forms

untouchable

adjective

( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

хариджан

принадлежит к низшему социальному и ритуальному классу Индии

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हरिजन

भारत में सबसे निचले सामाजिक और अनुष्ठानिक वर्ग से संबंधित है

🇧🇩Bengali

হরিজন

ভারতের সর্বনিম্ন সামাজিক ও আচার-অনুষ্ঠান শ্রেণীর অন্তর্গত

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹரிஜன்

இந்தியாவில் மிகக் குறைந்த சமூக மற்றும் சடங்கு வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்தவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

హరిజనుడు

భారతదేశంలోని అత్యల్ప సామాజిక మరియు ఆచార వర్గానికి చెందినది

🇮🇳Marathi

हरिजन

भारतातील सर्वात खालच्या सामाजिक आणि विधी वर्गाशी संबंधित आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

હરિજન

ભારતમાં સૌથી નીચા સામાજિક અને ધાર્મિક વર્ગનો છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹರಿಜನ

ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕೆಳಮಟ್ಟದ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹരിജൻ

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഏറ്റവും താഴ്ന്ന സാമൂഹികവും ആചാരപരവുമായ വിഭാഗത്തിൽ പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਰੀਜਨ

ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਹੇਠਲੇ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਅਤੇ ਰਸਮੀ ਵਰਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہریجن

ہندوستان میں سب سے کم سماجی اور رسمی طبقے سے تعلق رکھتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

哈里詹

属于印度最低的社会和仪式阶层

🇯🇵Japanese

ハリジャン

インドでは社会的・儀式的に最も低い階級に属している

🇰🇷Korean

하리잔

인도에서 가장 낮은 사회 및 의식 계층에 속합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lễ hội

thuộc tầng lớp xã hội và nghi lễ thấp nhất ở Ấn Độ

🇹🇭Thai

ฮาริจาน

อยู่ในชนชั้นทางสังคมและพิธีกรรมที่ต่ำที่สุดในอินเดีย

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هاريجان

ينتمي إلى أدنى طبقة اجتماعية وطقوسية في الهند

🇮🇷Persian

هاریجان

متعلق به پایین ترین طبقه اجتماعی و آیینی در هند است

🇹🇷Turkish

harjan

Hindistan'daki en düşük sosyal ve ritüel sınıfa ait

🇮🇱Hebrew

האריאן

שייך למעמד החברתי והפולחני הנמוך ביותר בהודו

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