ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”).

Noun

ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ • (xālsā) m (Shahmukhi spelling خالصہ)

  1. (Sikhism) Khalsa
    • Bhai Nand Lal, translation by Pritpal Singh Bindra, Tankahnama, page 5:
      ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਿਆਗੇ, ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਲੜੇ ਹੋਇ ਆਗੈ
      khālsā soi jo nindā tiāge, khālsā soi laṛe hoi āgai
      Khalsa is the one, who renounces calumny, Khalsa is the one who volunteers to contend in the first rank.
  2. sovereign

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References

  • “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in Punjabipedia (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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