Množina: pariahs
ETYM From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, from parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.
1. An outcast; one despised by society.
2. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade.
Low caste Indian; outcast; mongrel stray dog of streets.