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coolie meaning in Malayalam

കൂലി kūli

/ˈkuːli/

coolie in Malayalam: കൂലി (kūli). 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.

Malayalam words for coolie

coolie
കൂലി kūli

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 Malayalam

What is the meaning of coolie in Malayalam?
Coolie in Malayalam is കൂലി (kūli).
coolie എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Coolie: കൂലി (kūli).
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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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “coolie”: കൂലി. 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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