क़ुली

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Hindi

Etymology

From the possessed form of Old Anatolian Turkish قل (slave), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kul;[1] used in several names of the Qutb Shahi sultans.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qʊ.liː/, /kʊ.liː/

Noun

क़ुली (qulīm (Urdu spelling قلی)

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

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill