ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਖਾਲਸਾ (khālsā)

Etymology

From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”), from the root خ ل ص (ḵ-l-ṣ).

Noun

1. (Sikhism) Khalsa
   • Bhai Nand Lal, translation by Pritpal Singh Bindra, Tankahnama, page 5:

     ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਿਆਗੇ, ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਲੜੇ ਹੋਇ ਆਗੈ

     khālsā soi jo nindā tiāge, khālsā soi laṛe hoi āgai

     Khalsa is the one, who renounces calumny, Khalsa is the one who volunteers to contend in the first rank.

2. sovereign

Derived terms

• ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (khālistān)

References

• “ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024, page ਖਾਲਸਾ
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.