coolie的词源

英文词源

coolie

coolie: [17] Coolie is not etymologically related to cool. It comes from Hindi kulī, which may be the same word as Kulī, the name of an aboriginal tribe of Gujarat in western India. It has been speculated that the word was transported by the Portuguese from there to southern India and thence to China (it is now mainly applied to Far Eastern labourers), its meaning perhaps influenced by Tamil kūli ‘hire’.

coolie (n.)

name given by Europeans to hired laborers in India and China, c. 1600, from Hindi quli "hired servant," probably from kuli, name of an aboriginal tribe or caste in Gujarat. The name was picked up by the Portuguese, who used it in southern India (where by coincidence kuli in Tamil meant "hire") and in China.

中文词源

coolie：苦力

来自印度语，义为奴隶，与汉语苦力读音相同带有巧合的成分。

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coolie：苦力　　

coolie并不源于汉语，汉语的“苦力”其实乃coolie的音译。19世纪40年代后期，世界范围的废除奴隶制运动造成劳力的缺乏，西方劳力贩子从印度、中国等东方国家向一些需要廉价劳动力的发展中地区运送受契约束缚的劳工。这种出卖力气干重栝的劳工西方商人蔑称之为coolieo这些苦力由于遭受非人待遇，死于长途海上航行者数烈万计。coolie 一词源自兴都斯坦语或泰米尔语的kuli，它意为hire（雇佣）或hireling（佣工），原指印度一土著部落。coolie 一词主要用于远东国家。