Where does “ખલાસી” come from?

ખલાસી (Gujarati) comes from Classical Persian خلاصی, from Classical Persian خلاشی, from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

ખલાસી (Gujarati): sailor, mariner, seaman

Definitions

  1. sailor, mariner, seaman

Ancestry of “ખલાસી”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianخلاصی—
2Classical Persianخلاشیsailor
3Persianیthe grammatical particle ezafe; see...
4Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
5Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
6Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →