ख़लासी

• खलासी (khalāsī) – nuqtaless

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلاصی‎ (xalāsī), an alteration of خلاشی‎ (xalāšī, “sailor”). Compare Gujarati ખલાસી (khalāsī), Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xə.lɑː.siː/, [xə.l̪äː.s̪iː], /kʰə.lɑː.siː/, [kʰə.l̪äː.s̪iː]

ख़लासी • (xalāsī) m (Urdu spelling خَلَاصِی‎)

1. railroad worker (involved in maintaining tracks, or as an attendant)
   • Hindustan Team, Sonbhadra (19 August 2020), “सड़क हादसे में खलासी की मौत, चालक घायल”, 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)

• English: khalasi, clashy