English Explanatory Dictionary

Khalsa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.
name
  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Word forms

Khalsa Khalsas

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) / خالْصَہ (xālṣah), ultimately from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “pure”).

Related words

Amrit Sanchar
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