કુલી

Gujarati

Etymology

From the possessed form of Chagatai قل (qul, “slave”), قلی (quli), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kul;^[1] used in several names of the Qutb Shahi sultans.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈku.li/

Noun

કુલી • (kulī) m

slave; servant
Synonyms: ગુલામ (gulām), દાસ (dās)
porter
(historical) coolie; migrant labourer

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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