Where does “ကူလီ” come from?
ကူလီ (Burmese) comes from Hindi क़ुली, from Turkish köle, from Ottoman Turkish كوله, from Proto-Turkic kȫle — slave, servant.
ကူလီ (Burmese): coolie
Ancestry of “ကူလီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | क़ुली | porter; coolie; migrant labourer; slave; servant |
| 2 | Turkish | köle | slave |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | كوله | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | kȫle | slave, servant |