The story
Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān) / خالِصْتان (xāliṣtān). Literally, “Land of the Khalsa ”. Analyzable as Khalsa + -istan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khalistan
Today it means: Synonym of Punjab; A region of Indian Subcontinent. Full definition →