क़ुली

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

क़ुली • (qulī) m (Urdu spelling قلی)

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of क़ुली (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct क़ुली
qulī 		क़ुली
qulī
oblique क़ुली
qulī 		क़ुलियों
quliyõ
vocative क़ुली
qulī 		क़ुलियो
quliyo

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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