ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ
Punjabi edit
Alternative forms edit
- ਖਾਲਸਾ (khālsā)
Etymology edit
From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”).
Noun edit
ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ • (xālsā) m (Shahmukhi spelling خالصہ)
- (Sikhism) Khalsa
- Bhai Nand Lal, translation by Pritpal Singh Bindra, Tankahnama, page 5:
- ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਿਆਗੇ, ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਲੜੇ ਹੋਇ ਆਗੈ
- khālsā soi jo nindā tiāge, khālsā soi laṛe hoi āgai
- Khalsa is the one, who renounces calumny, Khalsa is the one who volunteers to contend in the first rank.
- Bhai Nand Lal, translation by Pritpal Singh Bindra, Tankahnama, page 5:
- sovereign
Derived terms edit
- ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (khālistān)