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Hindi
Alternative forms
- खलासी (khalāsī) — nuqtaless
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خلاصی (xalāsī), an alteration of خلاشی (xalāšī, “sailor”). Compare Gujarati ખલાસી (khalāsī), Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xə.lɑː.siː/, , /kʰə.lɑː.siː/,
Noun
ख़लासी • (xalāsī) m (Urdu spelling خَلَاصِی)
- railroad worker (involved in maintaining tracks, or as an attendant)
2020 August 19, Hindustan Team, Sonbhadra, “सड़क हादसे में खलासी की मौत, चालक घायल [saṛak hādse mẽ khalāsī kī maut, cālak ghāyal]”, in LiveHindustan.com, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh:
राबर्ट्सगंज कोतवाली क्षेत्र के हिंदुआरी तिराहे के समीप मंगलवार की रात सड़क हादसे में एक ट्रक के खलासी की मौत हो गई तथा चालक घायल हो गया।- rābarṭsagañj kotvālī kṣetra ke hinduārī tirāhe ke samīp maṅgalvār kī rāt saṛak hādse mẽ ek ṭrak ke khalāsī kī maut ho gaī tathā cālak ghāyal ho gayā.
- On Tuesday night near the Hinduari Tihara , in the zone of the Robertsganj police station, a railroad-track khalasi was killed and a driver was wounded in a road accident.
- (perhaps dated) khalasi: dockyard worker (engaged in manual labour for the maintenance of ships)
- fisherman who performs menial labour on a rig (e.g. sorting catch)
Declension
Declension of ख़लासी (masc ī-stem)
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plural
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| direct
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ख़लासी
xalāsī
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ख़लासी
xalāsī
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| oblique
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ख़लासी
xalāsī
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ख़लासियों
xalāsiyõ
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| vocative
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ख़लासी
xalāsī
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ख़लासियो
xalāsiyo
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Descendants