Khalistan en · PROPN
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān) / خالِصْتان (xāliṣtān). Literally, “Land of the Khalsa ”. Analyzable as Khalsa + -istan.
Meanings
- (historical) Synonym of Punjab; A region of Indian Subcontinent.
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A proposed country in South Asia. A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sikhs.
“It was really like a festering sore for quite some time,” said Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, who said the disagreement over Khalistan “has really torpedoed the relationship.”
2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN:
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Translations (9)
ur خالِصْتان (Translations) · bn খালিস্তান (Translations) · pa ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (Translations) · pnb خالِصْتان (Translations) · es Jalistán (Translations) · hi ख़ालिस्तान (Translations) · fa-ira خالِصْتان (Translations) · fr Khalistan (Translations) · ru Халиста́н (Translations)