क़ुली

Hindi

Etymology

From the possessed form of Old Anatolian Turkish قل (“slave”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kul; used in several names of the Qutb Shahi sultans.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qʊ.liː/, /kʊ.liː/

Noun

क़ुली • (qulī) m (Urdu spelling قلی)

1. slave; servant

   Synonyms: ग़ुलाम (ġulām), दास (dās)

2. porter
3. (historical) coolie; migrant labourer

Declension

Declension of क़ुली (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ुली qulī	क़ुली qulī
oblique	क़ुली qulī	क़ुलियों quliyõ
vocative	क़ुली qulī	क़ुलियो quliyo

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကူလီ (kuli)
• → Bengali: কুলি (kuli)
• >? Chinese: 苦力 (kǔlì)
• → English: coolie, cooly
• → Malay: kuli
  • Indonesian: kuli
• → Telugu: కూలీ (kūlī)
• → Thai: กุลี (gù-lii)