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ḵẖāliṣa, vulg. ḵẖālṣa (for A. خالصة ḵẖālisat, fem. of ḵẖālis), adj. Pure, etc. (=ḵẖāliṣ);—s.m. An office of government in which the business of the revenue department is transacted, exchequer;—lands under the management of government, crown or government land;—revenue-paying lands (opp. to mu`āfī);—(in the Panjāb) a term for Sikhs who profess a pure Hinduism:—ḵẖālṣe lagnā, To be appropriated by government, to be confiscated.
Origin: Persian