coolie

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English - Turkish
vasıfsız işçi
{i} amele
{i} hamal
{i} vasifsiz isçi
English - English
In Trinidad, West Indies, Guyana, and parts of Africa slang for a person of Indian descent. Nowadays often considered derogatory
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
An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country
a very offensive word for an unskilled worker who is paid very low wages, especially in parts of Asia. Do not use this word. (kuli)
{i} highly derogatory term used for an unskilled Asian worker (also spelled cooly)
an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
Same as Cooly
coolies
plural of coolie
coolies
The lowest paid unskilled laborers of, or from, China, India or other highly populated Asiatic areas
coolie

    Hyphenation

    cool·ie

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    Etymology

    () From Hindustani क़ुली / قلی (qulī), which means "hired laborer" or "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".
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