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語源

Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān) / خالِصْتان (xāliṣtān). Literally, “Land of the Khalsa ”. Analyzable as Khalsa +‎ -istan.

固有名詞

Khalistan

1. (historical) Synonym of Punjab; A region of Indian Subcontinent.
2. (now) A proposed country in South Asia. A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sikhs.
   • 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:

     “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.”

使用する際の注意点

• This is a politically charged term that was originally used to imply that Punjab belonged to the Sikhs and the Sikhs belong to Punjab. Now it is mostly used by separatists who desire to separate the region from the Republic of India. See Khalistan on Wikipedia for more.

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