Definition
In South Asia, a porter or laborer who carries goods or baggage, often employed at docks or markets.
Etymology
From Hindi and Urdu 'changar' or similar South Asian languages, referring to manual laborers. The term entered English through colonial-era contacts in India during the 18th-19th centuries.
Kelly Says
Colonial English borrowed hundreds of labor and occupation terms from India—'changar,' 'coolie,' 'dhobi'—which reveals how the British Empire's vocabulary expanded to describe labor systems they encountered, immortalizing those workers in frozen historical terms.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُغيّر
mu-ghay-ir
BNবাংলা
পরিবর্তনকারী
poriborton-kari
CACatalà
canviador
kan-vee-a-dor
CSČeština
změňák
zmee-nyak
DADansk
forandrer
for-an-der
DEDeutsch
Veränderer
fer-an-der-er
ELΕλληνικά
αλλαξοποιός
al-lax-o-poi-os
ESEspañol
cambiador
kam-bee-ah-dor
FAفارسی
تغییردهنده
taghyeer-deh-handeh
FRFrançais
changeur
shon-zhur
GUGU
બદલાવકારી
badlaav-kaari
HIहिन्दी
परिवर्तनकारी
parivartan-kari
HUMagyar
változtató
va-ltoztato
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengubah
peng-ubah
ITItaliano
cambia
kam-bee-ah
JA日本語
変化させる人
henka-saseru-hito
KMKM
ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ
ka-r-phlash-btoar
KO한국어
변화시키는 사람
byeon-hwa-si-ki-neun sa-ram
MRMR
परिवर्तनकारक
parivartan-karak
MSBahasa Melayu
pengubah
peng-ubah
NLNederlands
veranderer
ver-an-der-er
PLPolski
zmieniciel
zmee-ni-cheel
PTPortuguês
mudador
moo-da-dor
RORomână
schimbător
sh-imb-toar
RUРусский
изменщик
iz-men-shchik
SVSvenska
förändrare
for-an-dare
SWKiswahili
mabadiliko
ma-ba-di-li-ko
TAதமிழ்
மாற்றம் செய்பவர்
maarattam sey-pa-var
TEతెలుగు
పరివర్తనం చేయువాడు
parivartanam cheyu-vaadu
THไทย
ผู้เปลี่ยนแปลง
poo-plian-pa-long
TLTL
nagbabago
na-ga-ba-go
TRTürkçe
değiştirici
dej-ish-ti-ri-chi
UKУкраїнська
змінювач
zmee-nyu-vach
URاردو
بدل کرنے والا
badal-kar-nay-wala
VITiếng Việt
người thay đổi
ngoo-ee thay doi
ZUZU
ukusebenza
oo-ku-se-ben-za