ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَالِصَه (xālisa), from Arabic خَالِصَة (ḵāliṣa).

Noun

ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ • (xālsā) 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 soi jo nindā tiāge, khālsā soi laṛe hoi āgai
      Khalsa is the one, who renounces calumny, Khalsa is the one who volunteers to contend in the first rank.
  2. sovereign

Declension

Declension of ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ
singular plural
direct ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) ਖ਼ਾਲਸੇ (xālse)
oblique ਖ਼ਾਲਸੇ (xālse) ਖ਼ਾਲਸਿਆਂ (xālsiā̃)
vocative ਖ਼ਾਲਸਿਆ (xālsiā) ਖ਼ਾਲਸਿਓ (xālsio)
ablative ਖ਼ਾਲਸਿਓਂ (xālsiõ) —
locative ਖ਼ਾਲਸੇ (xālse) —
instrumental ਖ਼ਾਲਸੇ (xālse) —


Derived terms

References

  • “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਾਲਸਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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