khalasi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī).
Noun
[edit]khalasi (plural khalasis)
- An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards.