Where does “khalasi” come from?
khalasi (English) comes from Hindi ख़लासी, from Classical Persian خلاصی, from Classical Persian خلاشی, from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
khalasi (English): An Indian worker at a port or dockyard,...
Definitions
- An Indian worker at a port or dockyard,...
Ancestry of “khalasi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | ख़लासी | railroad worker; khalasi: dockyard worker |
| 2 | Classical Persian | خلاصی | — |
| 3 | Classical Persian | خلاشی | sailor |
| 4 | Persian | ی | the grammatical particle ezafe; see... |
| 5 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 6 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 7 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |