क़ुली

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai [Term?]. Compare Turkish köle, Chinese 苦力 (kǔlì).

Noun

क़ुली • (qulī) m (Urdu spelling قلی‎)

porter
(historical) coolie; migrant labourer
slave; servant
Synonyms: ग़ुलाम (ġulām), दास (dās)

Declension

Declension of क़ुली
	Singular	Plural
Direct	क़ुली (qulī)	क़ुली (qulī)
Oblique	क़ुली (qulī)	क़ुलियों (quliyõ)
Vocative	क़ुली (qulī)	क़ुलियो (quliyo)

Descendants

→ English: coolie
→ Burmese: ကူလီ (kuli)
→ Telugu: కూలీ (kūlī)
→ Thai: กุลี (gù-lii)

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