khalasi

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Etymology[edit]

From Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī).

Noun[edit]

khalasi (plural khalasis)

  1. 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.

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