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A propos of Polari, when I mentioned to someone who used the word "carsey" (often spelt "khazi") that it was gay slang, ultimately derived from Latin "casa" mea
by DonaldFisk 5y ago
A propos of Polari, when I mentioned to someone who used the word "carsey" (often spelt "khazi") that it was gay slang, ultimately derived from Latin "casa" meaning cottage, he insisted that no, it wasn't, and that it came from an Indian language. I double-checked this with a native Hindi speaker who couldn't think of any Hindi cognates but I couldn't get him to change his mind.
- zeckalpha 5y agoIndia has many languages other than Hindi. A similarly spelled word comes from Urdu for example https://www.etymonline.com/word/khaki https://www.etymonline.com/word/khaki
- DonaldFisk 5y agoThat might conceivably explain the "khazi" spelling but its meaning is unrelated and in any case it isn't the derivation of the word "carsey". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
- zeckalpha 5y agoSure, I just meant you can’t rule out the theory because you talked to a Hindi speaker.