[alsoH-] in India, an untouchable or, later, a member of the Scheduled Castes
Origin of harijan
Sanskrit harijana, person devoted to the god Vishnu from Hari, Vishnu + jana, personharijan
Har·i·janWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"harijan." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/harijan>.
APA Style
harijan. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/harijan
Harijan
noun
pl. Harijan, or Har·i·jansA Dalit.
Origin of Harijan
Sanskrit harijanah person of Hari, child of God (coined as a euphemism for Untouchable by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1931) Harih Hari, a name for Vishnu ; see Hare Krishna . janah person, child ; see genə- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"harijan." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 16 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/harijan>.
APA Style
harijan. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/harijan
