क़ुली

Hindi

Etymology

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

Noun

क़ुली • (qulī) m (Urdu spelling قلی‎)

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

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

Descendants

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