Etymograph

English

kalar

Kalar comes from Burmese ကုလား ‘Indians and persons of South Asian ancestry’, from Pali kula ‘clan’, and ultimately from Sanskrit कुल ‘family’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकुल‘family’
  2. Palimodernkula‘clan’
  3. Burmesemodernကုလားku.la:‘Indians and persons of South Asian ancestry’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2020kalar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकुल‘family’
  2. Palimodernkula‘clan’
  3. Burmesemodernကုလားku.la:‘Indians and persons of South Asian ancestry’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2020kalar

Earliest quotation: 2020, Aung, How the word 'kalar' is a depressing indictment of Myanmar s: “I was bullied during middle school, called a gorilla…”

Every English word from Sanskrit कुल

Today it means

noun Burmese-language slur for Muslims living in Myanmar of Bangladeshi and Rohingya origins, mocking them for their black-colored dark skin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit कुल / kalar

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