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Khalsa

Khalsa noun: baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.

Noun

Khalsa pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.

Proper noun

Khalsa (plural Khalsas)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Khalsa meaning in Punjabi

Khalsa in Punjabi

Khalsa
ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ xālsā, خالصہ xālisā

Forms of Khalsa

pluralKhalsas

Origin of Khalsa

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

Questions about Khalsa

What does Khalsa mean?
Khalsa means baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.
What is Khalsa in Punjabi?
Khalsa in Punjabi is ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā), خالصہ (xālisā). See Khalsa meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is Khalsa?
Khalsa can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Khalsa in the dictionary

  1. Khalistanis
  2. Khalji
  3. Khalkha
  4. Khalkhal
  5. Khalkhas
  6. Khalsa
  7. Khalsas
  8. khaltura
  9. khalturas
  10. khaltury
  11. khalva

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Khalsa (page history and authors); خالصہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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