paria

See also: Paria, paría, pariá, and pária

Catalan

Verb

paria

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of parir

Danish

Noun

paria c (singular definite pariaen, plural indefinite pariaer)

1. pariah

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

paria m (plural paria's, diminutive pariaatje n)

1. pariah

Finnish

Noun

paria

1. partitive singular of pari

Anagrams

• apari, arpia, raapi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁja/

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Noun

paria m or f by sense (plural parias)

1. pariah

Verb

paria

1. third-person singular past historic of parier

Further reading

• “paria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• parai, râpai

Galician

Verb

paria

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of parir

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /paˈria/ [paˈri.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch paria (“pariah”), from Portuguese pária, from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ), from பறை (paṟai).

Noun

paria (plural paria-paria)

1. pariah

Etymology 2

Noun

paria (plural paria-paria)

1. bitter gourd

   Synonyms: peria, pare

Further reading

• “paria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pariah, from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”), after the duty of such an individual of beating a drum at public festivities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.rja/
• Rhymes: -arja
• Hyphenation: pà‧ria

Noun

paria m (invariable)

1. pariah
2. outcast

Anagrams

• apira, arpia, parai, rapai

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ri.a]

Adjective

paria

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of pār

Noun

paria

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pār n (“pair; couple”) and parium

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈriː.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈriː.a]

Noun

parīā

1. ablative/vocative singular of parīās

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria (“bitter melon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈria/, [pʰa.ˈri.ja]
• Syllabification: pa‧ri‧a

Noun

paria (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨗᨐ or 𑻣𑻭𑻳𑻬, definite pariaya)

1. (botany) bitter gourd, bitter melon (Momordica charantia; used as a vegetable and medicine; considered a symbol of something bad or bitter, and traditionally taboo to buy on Thursday afternoons and Fridays)

   Paria nuerangangaʼ

   You bring me bitter gourd (i.e., you bring me something bad).

   (literally, “You bring me bitter gourd.”)

   Paria ammantanga ri matoang

   It is bitter like bitter gourd (awful) to live with parents-in-law.

Derived terms

compounds

• akkanrutuluʼ paria
• gangang paria
• golla nibalasaʼ paria
• lekoʼ paria
• nikakkaʼ paria talung
• paria jawa
• paria kalauʼ
• paria laʼbu
• paria lompo
• paria romang
• suʼlaʼ bija paria

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 525

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.riˈa/

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Verb

a paria (third-person singular present pariează, past participle pariat) 1st conjugation

1. to bet

Conjugation

    conjugation of paria (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a paria
gerund			pariind
past participle			pariat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pariez	pariezi	pariază	pariem	pariați	pariază
	imperfect	pariam	pariai	paria	pariam	pariați	pariau
	simple perfect	pariai	pariași	parie	pariarăm	pariarăți	pariară
	pluperfect	pariasem	pariaseși	pariase	pariaserăm	pariaserăți	pariaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pariez	să pariezi	să parieze	să pariem	să pariați	să parieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pariază			pariați
	negative		nu paria			nu pariați

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾja/ [ˈpa.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: pa‧ria

Noun

paria m or f by sense (plural parias)

1. pariah, outcast

   Synonym: apestado

Further reading

• “paria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

paria c

1. a pariah (member of the untouchable castes in India, or more commonly someone despised and unwelcome)

   På grund av hans dåliga ölsinne har han blivit en paria på alla pubar i stan

   Due to his poor ability to deal with alcohol, he has become a pariah at all the pubs in town

Declension

Declension of paria

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	paria	parias
	definite	parian	parians
plural	indefinite	parior	pariors
	definite	pariorna	pariornas

References

• “paria”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “paria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “paria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)