What is the meaning of "pariah"?

Question

Please tell me what does it means, I'm sure it's Indian word.

Answer 1

Simply it means untouchables

Answer 2

1. A social outcast: “Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard” (Mark Twain).
2. An Untouchable.

[Tamil paṛaiyar, pl. of paṛaiyan, pariah caste, from paṛai, festival drum.]

WORD HISTORY The word pariah, which can be used for anyone who is a social outcast, independent of social position, recalls a much more rigid social system, which made only certain people pariahs. The caste system of India placed pariahs, also known as Untouchables, very low in society. The word pariah, which we have extended in meaning, came into English from Tamil paṛaiyar, the plural of paṛaiyan, the caste name, which literally means “(hereditary) drummer” and comes from the word paṛai, the name of a drum used at certain festivals. The word is first recorded in English in 1613. Its use in English and its extension in meaning probably owe much to the long period of British rule in India.

Answer 3

Pariah, originally the name of the Pariah caste of Indian Hindu society, has gained widespread use as an analogy, especially in the phrase social pariah, as a term for anyone considered an outcast or different by others.

Answer 4

It means social outcast or untouchable.

Answer 5

An outcast, person or animal that gets avoided.

Answer 6

I think the meaning of this Hindi word is "Angel".