ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic خَلَصَ‎ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”), from the root خ ل ص‎ (ḵ-l-ṣ).

Noun

ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ • (kḥālsā) m (Shahmukhi spelling خالصہ‎)

  1. (Sikhism) Khalsa
    • Bhai Nand Lal, translation by Pritpal Singh Bindra, Tankahnama, page 5:
      ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਿਆਗੇ, ਖਾਲਸਾ ਸੋਇ ਲੜੇ ਹੋਇ ਆਗੈ
      khālsā soe jo nindā tiāge, khālsā soe laṛe hoe āgae
      Khalsa is the one, who renounces calumny, Khalsa is the one who volunteers to contend in the first rank.
  2. sovereign

Derived terms

References
  • “ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2019, page ਖਾਲਸਾ
  • Singh, Maya (1895), “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons
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