क़ुली

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai [Term?]. Compare Turkish köle, Chinese 苦力 (kǔlì).

Noun

क़ुली • (qulī) m (Urdu spelling قلی)

  1. porter
  2. (historical) coolie; migrant labourer
  3. slave; servant
    Synonyms: ग़ुलाम (ġulām), दास (dās)

Declension

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Descendants

  • → Burmese: ကူလီ (kuli)
  • → English: coolie, cooly
  • → Malay: kuli
  • → Telugu: కూలీ (kūlī)
  • → Thai: กุลี (gù-lii)
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