Talk:khazi
British Army slang? edit
Kharzi is British Army slang nothing to do with cockneys which is why the cockneys don't use the term. Partridge was an awful fool with a political agenda and a heightened sense of xenophobia.
That's weird because as a born and bred Londoner, I heard the word used frequently.
Moved out of the entry because it lacks a reference/source: Alternative source: Cockney and/or British Military usage derived from Army experience of dysentery during World War 2 in Libya - Kharzi rhyming with Benghazi.
Etymology edit
I thought this might be related, when I saw it (in the old Hobson-Jobson dictionary of Anglo-Indian words): "COORSY, […] from Arabic kursī (which is used for the stand on which the Koran is laid). It is the word usually employed in Western India for 'a chair,' […] " Equinox ◑ 00:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)