కూలీ
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindustani क़ुली (qulī) / قلی (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]కూలీ • (kūlī) ? (plural కూలీలు)
- a hired laborer or workman, one who works for wages, a coolie.