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coolie meaning in Gujarati

કુલી kulī

/ˈkuːli/

coolie in Gujarati: કુલી (kulī). In English, coolie means 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.

Gujarati words for coolie

coolie; migrant labourer
કુલી kulī

English meaning of coolie

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun An Indian or a person of Indian descent.

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Questions about coolie in Gujarati

What is the meaning of coolie in Gujarati?
Coolie in Gujarati is કુલી (kulī).
coolie નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Coolie: કુલી (kulī).
What does coolie mean in English?
Coolie means 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.

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Gujarati words from Wiktionary's Gujarati entries whose English meaning is “coolie”: કુલી. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: coolie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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