Where does “paria” come from?

paria (Dutch) comes from Portuguese pária, from Tamil பறையர், from Tamil பறையன், from Tamil -அன், from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu — Indicates a masculine noun.

paria (Dutch): pariah

Definitions

  1. pariah

Ancestry of “paria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepáriapariah
2Tamilபறையர்drummer
3Tamilபறையன்drummer
4Tamil-அன்(singular) masculine suffix particle
5Proto-Dravidian*-anṯuIndicates a masculine noun
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu →Every word from Tamil -அன் →Every word from Tamil பறையன் →