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avarna

avarna noun: someone outside the caste system, especially a Dalit or member of a tribal group.

Noun

avarna (plural avarnas)

  1. (India) Someone outside the caste system, especially a Dalit or member of a tribal group.
    • Many enlightened savarnas opened their private temples to the avarnas in the years that followed 1925.2005, P Radhakrishnan, Perfidies of Power, page 34
    • In many parts of the country, Avarnas continue to be thought of as ‘downtrodden’, ‘unworthy’, ‘polluted’—‘untouchables’.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 16

Forms of avarna

pluralavarnas

Questions about avarna

What does avarna mean?
Avarna means someone outside the caste system, especially a Dalit or member of a tribal group.
What part of speech is avarna?
Avarna is a noun.
What is the plural of avarna?
The plural of avarna is avarnas.

Words near avarna in the dictionary

  1. avaricious
  2. avariciously
  3. avariciousness
  4. avaricius
  5. avaritious
  6. avarna
  7. avarnas
  8. avarous
  9. avars
  10. Avarua
  11. AVAS

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