WikiWord

English

Khalsa

noun

Meaning

  1. A surname from Punjabi.
  2. Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.

Etymology / origin

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

Sources

No citations have been attached yet.