Where does “ख़लासी” come from?

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

ख़लासी (Hindi): railroad worker; khalasi: dockyard worker

Definitions

  1. railroad worker; khalasi: dockyard worker

Ancestry of “ख़लासी”, 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

Words derived from “ख़लासी”

Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →