खलाशी

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī), an alteration of خلاشی (xalāšī, “sailor”). Compare Gujarati ખલાસી (khalāsī), Hindustani خَلَاصِی (xalāsī) / ख़लासी (xalāsī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə.la.ɕi/, [kʰə.la.ɕiː]

Noun

खलाशी • (khalāśī) m

1. seaman, sailor

   Synonyms: नाखवा (nākhvā), नावाडी (nāvāḍī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “खलाशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खलाशी,_खलासी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खलाशी-सी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).