ख़लासी

Hindi
FWOTD – 13 February 2021

Alternative forms

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/, [xɐ.läː.siː], /kʰə.lɑː.siː/, [kʰɐ.läː.siː]

Noun

ख़लासी • (xalāsī) m (Urdu spelling خَلَاصِی)

  1. 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 [intersection of three roads], in the zone of the Robertsganj police station, a railroad-track khalasi was killed and a driver was wounded in a road accident.
  2. (perhaps dated) khalasi: dockyard worker (engaged in manual labour for the maintenance of ships)
    1. fisherman who performs menial labour on a rig (e.g. sorting catch)

Declension
Declension of ख़लासी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct ख़लासी
xalāsī		 ख़लासी
xalāsī
oblique ख़लासी
xalāsī		 ख़लासियों
xalāsiyõ
vocative ख़लासी
xalāsī		 ख़लासियो
xalāsiyo

Descendants
  • English: khalasi, clashy
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