Pä'ri-ah or Pā'ri-ah, n.

[From Tamul pareyer, parriar, or Hind. pahâriyâ, a mountaineer, as the primitive inhabitants, vanquished and degraded by the Sanskrit tribes, were driven into the mountains.] One belonging to the lowest and most despised class in parts of India; hence, an outcast; one rejected and contemned by society.

Pariah dogs, native dogs without masters or homes. [East Indies.]