The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromخلاصی
- Hindi · borrowed fromख़लासी
- English todaykhalasi
From Hindi ख़लासी (xalāsī), from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
khalasi
Today it means: An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards. Full definition →
Hindi ख़लासी ← Classical Persian خلاصی