Kullahn.

/kəˈlɑː/

Forms: Also Kalá, Klá, Kula.

Etymology: Pegu Goḷa Indian Buddhist immigrant, < Sanskrit Gauḍa ancient name of North Bengal (Yule and Burnell).

(See quot. 1886.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [noun] > foreigner, esp. of Western origin

Kullah1800

faranga1861

1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava xii. 290 On being informed that I was ‘a Colar’, or stranger,..they were reconciled.

1858 H. Yule Narr. Mission to Court of Ava i. 5 His private dwelling was a small place on one side of the court, from which the women peeped out at the Kalás.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 378/1 Kulá or Klá, n.p. Burmese name of a native of Continental India; and hence misapplied also to the English and other Westerns who have come to Burma from India; in fact used generally for a Western foreigner.

1890 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 4) 82 For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.

1929 F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. iii. 21 All foreigners are kalās to the Burmans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kullah
释义	Kullahn. /kəˈlɑː/ Forms: Also Kalá, Klá, Kula. Etymology: Pegu Goḷa Indian Buddhist immigrant, < Sanskrit Gauḍa ancient name of North Bengal (Yule and Burnell). (See quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [noun] > foreigner, esp. of Western origin Kullah1800 faranga1861 1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava xii. 290 On being informed that I was ‘a Colar’, or stranger,..they were reconciled. 1858 H. Yule Narr. Mission to Court of Ava i. 5 His private dwelling was a small place on one side of the court, from which the women peeped out at the Kalás. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 378/1 Kulá or Klá, n.p. Burmese name of a native of Continental India; and hence misapplied also to the English and other Westerns who have come to Burma from India; in fact used generally for a Western foreigner. 1890 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 4) 82 For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score. 1929 F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. iii. 21 All foreigners are kalās to the Burmans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1800
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