coolie

Etymology
From  /, possibly from. Another theory says that it is named after, a Gujarati tribe or caste. Other forms occur in 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Possibly also influenced by 🇨🇬 /. In Kurdish Koile (کۆیلە) and Quli (قولى): Slave, Servant. Kawli (Keweli): Low-Class, Gypsy.

🇨🇬 may have been influenced by cognates of the above Hindi word in other languages and may have further influenced English.

Noun

 * 1) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.
 * 2)  An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
 * 1)  An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
 * 1)  An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
 * 1)  An Indian or a person of Indian descent.
 * 1)  An Indian or a person of Indian descent.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: koelie
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 咕哩
 * Hokkien: 苦役, 苦力, 居里, 苦力
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: क़ुली,, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Japanese: 苦力
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 쿨리
 * Malay: kuli
 * Pollish:
 * Portuguese: cúli,, cule
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: قلی
 * Vietnamese: ,