different between khazi vs ghazi

English

Alternative forms

• carsey, carsy, karsey, karsy, karzey, karzy, kazi

Etymology

Variant of carsey, from euphemistic Cockney corruption of Italian casa (“house”), possibly via Polari and Sabir [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??zi/

Noun

khazi (plural khazis)

1. (slang, chiefly Britain) An outhouse or lavatory: a place used for urination and defecation.
   • 1961, Eric Partridge, Dictionary of Slang, page 1029:

     Carsey,... a w.c.

   • 1968, T.E.B. Clarke, Trail of Serpent, Ch. xiii, page 122:

     You made a real thorough search? Everywhere? Outhouses, karzey, the lot?

2. (slang, chiefly Britain) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation (also figuratively).

   Well, that plan's down the khazi.

   • 1967, J. Burke, Till Death Us Do Part, Ch. v, page 84:

     Have you seen the carsy? Just a bucket with a seat on top.

Usage notes

Now most commonly used in Liverpool, away from its Cockney origin.

Synonyms

• (outhouse): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (fixture): See Thesaurus:toilet

Derived terms

• down the khazi

References

English

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (??z?), active participle of ?????? (?az?, “raid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????zi/

Noun

ghazi (plural ghazis or ghazies)

1. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
   • 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, I:

     I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 351:

     Then suddenly, an hour before first light, wave after wave of screaming tribesmen, led by suicide-bent Muslim fanatics known as ghazis, began to hurl themselves against the British positions.

   • 2001, Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erda? M Göknar:

     On a particularly joyous day of the festivities, below Our Sultan’s loge overlooking the Hippodrome, a division of impoverished frontier ghazis appeared in tattered clothes.

Translations

Derived terms

• ghazism

Anagrams

• Gizah

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (??z?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.zi/

Noun

ghazi m (plural ghazis)

1. ghazi (Muslim warrior)