kalu

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noun

a dark-skinned person.

“When dark skin carries such a heavy burden of discrimination — one that is alive and kicking even today — calling a person kalu, regardless of how much affection it’s said with, cannot be harmless. - Rajvi Desai”

OriginHindi कालू →
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Meanings

kalu1

nounkalu (uncountable)
  1. Indiaoffensiveuncountablea dark-skinned person.

    When dark skin carries such a heavy burden of discrimination — one that is alive and kicking even today — calling a person kalu, regardless of how much affection it’s said with, cannot be harmless. - Rajvi Desai

Kalu2

proper nounKalu (plural Kalus)

plural Kalus

  1. A surname from Igbo.

Origin

kalu · noun

  1. Hindiकालू
  2. Hindiकालू
  3. Englishkalu

Borrowed from Hindi कालू (kālū, “a dark-skinned person”).

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Kalu · proper noun

Borrowed from Igbo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LukakulaKaul
Cite this entry
APA

kalu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalu

MLA

“kalu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kalu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kalu.

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