Where does “Khalsa” come from?

Khalsa comes from Arabic خَلَصَ, meaning to be pure or free, via Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ.

Khalsa (English): Baptized Sikhs, collectively

Definitions

  1. Baptized Sikhs, collectively

Ancestry of “Khalsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Punjabiਖ਼ਾਲਸਾKhalsa; sovereign
2Punjabiਖ਼ਾਲਸpure, unadulterated
3Classical Persianخَالِصَه—
4Arabicخالصpure, unmixed
5Arabicخَلَصَto be pure, to be clear, to be free from; to get...
Every word from Arabic خَلَصَ →Every word from Arabic خالص →Every word from Classical Persian خَالِصَه →