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કુલી

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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કુલી • (kulī) m

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

References

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  1. ^ 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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