kalar

English

From Burmese ကုလား (ku.la:)

Noun

kalar (plural kalars)

(slang, ethnic slur, religious slur, offensive) Burmese people of South Asian origin, especially Bengali, Rohingya, or any South Asian Muslim.
- 2020 April 22, Aung (pseudonym), “How the word 'kalar' is a depressing indictment of Myanmar society”, in Myanmar Mix:
  I was bullied during middle school, called a gorilla and kalar.

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