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Kuli

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (masculine, strong) coolie (unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent)
  2. (figuratively, masculine, strong) slave

Pircarînî

28k
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈkuːli/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Borrowed from Hindi क़ुली (qulī) and Urdu قلی (qulī, “hired laborer”), possibly from Ottoman Turkish قول (kul, “servant”).

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