Where does “കൂലി” come from?

കൂലി (Malayalam) comes from Hindi क़ुली, from Turkish köle, from Ottoman Turkish كوله, from Proto-Turkic kȫle — slave, servant.

കൂലി (Malayalam): salary, payment for doing job

Definitions

  1. salary, payment for doing job

Ancestry of “കൂലി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiक़ुलीporter; coolie; migrant labourer; slave; servant
2Turkishköleslave
3Ottoman Turkishكولهmale slave
4Proto-Turkickȫleslave, servant

Words derived from “കൂലി”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kȫle →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كوله →Every word from Turkish köle →