కూలీ

Telugu

Etymology

From Hindustani क़ुली (qulī) / قلی (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːliː/

Noun

కూలీ • (kūlī) ? (plural కూలీలు)

  1. a hired laborer or workman, one who works for wages, a coolie.

Synonyms
  • కూలివాడు (kūlivāḍu), కూలిమనిషి (kūlimaniṣi)
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