ખાલિસ્તાન
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān, literally “Land of the Khalsa”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ખાલિસ્તાન • (khālistān) m
- (historical) Punjab
- (now) A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sikhs.
Usage notes edit
- This is a politically-charged term that was originally used to imply that Punjab belonged to Sikhs and Sikhs belong to Punjab. Now it is mostly used by separatists who want to separate the region from the Republic of India. See Khalistan on Wikipedia for more.