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khaki

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خاکی (xākī, dusty, earthy, earth-colored).

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Noun

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khaki (countable and uncountable, plural khakis or khakies)

  1. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
    • 1899, Rudyard Kipling, The Absent-Minded Beggar:
      When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen",
      When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth;
      Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine
      For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?
    • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 60:
      But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.
    khaki (Pantone):  
    khaki (HTML):  
  2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.
    • 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54.
      The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.
    • 2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, →ISBN.
      At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.
    • 2010, Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion: Infantry and Cavalry since 1945, →ISBN, page 52:
      In these notes we have used the British rather than the US terms for colours: i.e. 'khaki' here means the drab brown - US 'olive drab' - used for woolen uniforms and 'khaki drill' for the pale yellowish tan - US 'khaki' - used for lightweight summer/tropical dress.
    • Op. cit., page 56
      The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.
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  3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
  4. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
  5. (South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.)
    • 1902, Philip Pienaar, With Steyn And De Wet[2], Methuen:
      "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."
    • 1997, Richard N. Kelly, John Cantrell, Modern British Statesmen, 1867-1945, page 90:
      War and then victory raised patriotic sentiment inside Britain and brought the Colonial Secretary national popularity. Unionists were quick to milk this with a 'khaki' election in 1900 at which they won a massive landslide.
  6. (often in plural) Khaki clothing or uniform.
    • 1915 Out West magazine[1]
      The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.

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Adjective

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khaki (comparative more khaki, superlative most khaki)

  1. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

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References

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  1. ^ [1] publisher=F.A. Pattee & Company

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English khaki.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkhɑki/, [ˈkhɑ̝k̟i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑki
  • Hyphenation(key): kha‧ki

Noun

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khaki

  1. khaki (cloth)
    Synonym: khakikangas
  2. khaki (beige colour)

Declension

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Inflection of khaki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative khaki khakit
genitive khakin khakien
partitive khakia khakeja
illative khakiin khakeihin
singular plural
nominative khaki khakit
accusative nom. khaki khakit
gen. khakin
genitive khakin khakien
partitive khakia khakeja
inessive khakissa khakeissa
elative khakista khakeista
illative khakiin khakeihin
adessive khakilla khakeilla
ablative khakilta khakeilta
allative khakille khakeille
essive khakina khakeina
translative khakiksi khakeiksi
abessive khakitta khakeitta
instructive khakein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of khaki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative khakini khakini
accusative nom. khakini khakini
gen. khakini
genitive khakini khakieni
partitive khakiani khakejani
inessive khakissani khakeissani
elative khakistani khakeistani
illative khakiini khakeihini
adessive khakillani khakeillani
ablative khakiltani khakeiltani
allative khakilleni khakeilleni
essive khakinani khakeinani
translative khakikseni khakeikseni
abessive khakittani khakeittani
instructive
comitative khakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative khakisi khakisi
accusative nom. khakisi khakisi
gen. khakisi
genitive khakisi khakiesi
partitive khakiasi khakejasi
inessive khakissasi khakeissasi
elative khakistasi khakeistasi
illative khakiisi khakeihisi
adessive khakillasi khakeillasi
ablative khakiltasi khakeiltasi
allative khakillesi khakeillesi
essive khakinasi khakeinasi
translative khakiksesi khakeiksesi
abessive khakittasi khakeittasi
instructive
comitative khakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative khakimme khakimme
accusative nom. khakimme khakimme
gen. khakimme
genitive khakimme khakiemme
partitive khakiamme khakejamme
inessive khakissamme khakeissamme
elative khakistamme khakeistamme
illative khakiimme khakeihimme
adessive khakillamme khakeillamme
ablative khakiltamme khakeiltamme
allative khakillemme khakeillemme
essive khakinamme khakeinamme
translative khakiksemme khakeiksemme
abessive khakittamme khakeittamme
instructive
comitative khakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative khakinne khakinne
accusative nom. khakinne khakinne
gen. khakinne
genitive khakinne khakienne
partitive khakianne khakejanne
inessive khakissanne khakeissanne
elative khakistanne khakeistanne
illative khakiinne khakeihinne
adessive khakillanne khakeillanne
ablative khakiltanne khakeiltanne
allative khakillenne khakeillenne
essive khakinanne khakeinanne
translative khakiksenne khakeiksenne
abessive khakittanne khakeittanne
instructive
comitative khakeinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

Adjective

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khaki (comparative khakimpi, superlative khakein)

  1. khaki (beige colour)

Declension

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Inflection of khaki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative khaki khakit
genitive khakin khakien
partitive khakia khakeja
illative khakiin khakeihin
singular plural
nominative khaki khakit
accusative nom. khaki khakit
gen. khakin
genitive khakin khakien
partitive khakia khakeja
inessive khakissa khakeissa
elative khakista khakeista
illative khakiin khakeihin
adessive khakilla khakeilla
ablative khakilta khakeilta
allative khakille khakeille
essive khakina khakeina
translative khakiksi khakeiksi
abessive khakitta khakeitta
instructive khakein
comitative khakeine
Possessive forms of khaki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative khakini khakini
accusative nom. khakini khakini
gen. khakini
genitive khakini khakieni
partitive khakiani khakejani
inessive khakissani khakeissani
elative khakistani khakeistani
illative khakiini khakeihini
adessive khakillani khakeillani
ablative khakiltani khakeiltani
allative khakilleni khakeilleni
essive khakinani khakeinani
translative khakikseni khakeikseni
abessive khakittani khakeittani
instructive
comitative khakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative khakisi khakisi
accusative nom. khakisi khakisi
gen. khakisi
genitive khakisi khakiesi
partitive khakiasi khakejasi
inessive khakissasi khakeissasi
elative khakistasi khakeistasi
illative khakiisi khakeihisi
adessive khakillasi khakeillasi
ablative khakiltasi khakeiltasi
allative khakillesi khakeillesi
essive khakinasi khakeinasi
translative khakiksesi khakeiksesi
abessive khakittasi khakeittasi
instructive
comitative khakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative khakimme khakimme
accusative nom. khakimme khakimme
gen. khakimme
genitive khakimme khakiemme
partitive khakiamme khakejamme
inessive khakissamme khakeissamme
elative khakistamme khakeistamme
illative khakiimme khakeihimme
adessive khakillamme khakeillamme
ablative khakiltamme khakeiltamme
allative khakillemme khakeillemme
essive khakinamme khakeinamme
translative khakiksemme khakeiksemme
abessive khakittamme khakeittamme
instructive
comitative khakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative khakinne khakinne
accusative nom. khakinne khakinne
gen. khakinne
genitive khakinne khakienne
partitive khakianne khakejanne
inessive khakissanne khakeissanne
elative khakistanne khakeistanne
illative khakiinne khakeihinne
adessive khakillanne khakeillanne
ablative khakiltanne khakeiltanne
allative khakillenne khakeillenne
essive khakinanne khakeinanne
translative khakiksenne khakeiksenne
abessive khakittanne khakeittanne
instructive
comitative khakeinenne

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French

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Etymology

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From English khaki.

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khaki (plural khakis)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of kaki

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English khaki.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːki/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kha‧ki

Adjective

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khaki (indeclinable)

  1. khaki (color)

References

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  • khaki” in Duden online
  • khaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English khaki, from Hindi ख़ाकी (xākī) / Urdu خاکی (xākī), from Persian خاکی (xâki, dusty, earthy, earth-colored).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈxaki]
  • Hyphenation: kha‧ki

Noun

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khaki (first-person possessive khakiku, second-person possessive khakimu, third-person possessive khakinya)

  1. khaki: a dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
    khaki (Pantone):  
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English khaki.

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khaki (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. khaki
    Synonym: szarozielony

Noun

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khaki n (indeclinable)

  1. khaki (color)

See also

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Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)
     biały      szary      czarny
             czerwony; karmazyn              pomarańczowy; brązowy              żółty; beżowy
             limonkowy              zielony              miętowy; ciemnozielony
             cyjan; morski              błękitny              niebieski
             fuksja; indygo              magenta; purpurowy              różowy

Further reading

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  • khaki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • khaki in Polish dictionaries at PWN