Khalashi, Khalāśī: 5 definitions

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Khalashi means something in Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khalāśī (खलाशी) [or सी, sī].—m ( A) A seaman. 2 A gunner or artillery-man.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

khalāśī (खलाशी) [-sī, -सी].—m A seaman. A gunner.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Khalāsī (खलासी):—(nm) a seaman, khallasi, porter.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Khalāsi (ಖಲಾಸಿ):—

1) [noun] a worker of inferior rank, employed as a seaman; a khalasi.

2) [noun] a servant in military, employed mainly for erecting and maintaining camps.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Khalashi in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Khalāsī (खलासी):—n. 1. conductor/cleaner; 2. the post of manual labor; 3. an iron chisel/cleaver;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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