Where does “coolie” come from?

coolie (French) comes from English coolie, from Hindi क़ुली, from Turkish köle, from Ottoman Turkish كوله, from Proto-Turkic kȫle — slave, servant.

coolie (French): coolie

Definitions

  1. coolie

Ancestry of “coolie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoolieAn unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or...
2Hindiक़ुलीporter; coolie; migrant labourer; slave; servant
3Turkishköleslave
4Ottoman Turkishكولهmale slave
5Proto-Turkickȫleslave, servant

Words derived from “coolie”

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