[pəˈrʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an outcast
(e.g: they were treated as social pariahs)

- a member of a group of castes concentrated in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in Sri Lanka, included among the Scheduled Castes or Dalits


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Tamil paṟaiyaṉ (plural paṟaiyar), Malayalam paṟayan ‘ceremonial drummer’, from Tamil paṟai and Malayalam paṟa ‘a drum’