Nishada

Sanskrit word for “outcast,” applied as a name for Dravidian, and to all aboriginal races. ⁂ It is the best and most comprehensive name, dating at least from as early as the fourth century B.C.     W. S. W. V.   See Pariah . Nishi or Niski ( Neshki ). Semitic: modern alphabetic character; name applied to the “nice” or finished writing of Arabic ; also adopted in writing Turkish , Urdu , Malay , .; used also in printed Persian . See Talik .