گلی

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See also: كلي and کلی

Mazanderani

Etymology

Compare Persian (gelu), Latin gula.

Noun

گلی (gali)

(anatomy) throat

Persian

Etymology 1

From (gel, “mud”) +‎ (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	gili
Dari reading^?	gili
Iranian reading^?	gele
Tajik reading^?	gili

Adjective

گلی • (geli)

muddy

Etymology 2

From (gol, “flower, rose”) +‎ (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

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Classical reading^?	gulī
Dari reading^?	gulī
Iranian reading^?	goli
Tajik reading^?	guli

Adjective

گلی • (goli)

rosy, rose-colored

Proper noun

گلی • (goli)

a female given name, Goli
a surname

Etymology 3

Pronuncitation

(Iran, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliː/

Noun

گلی • (goli)

(dialectal) cat

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Iran, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡolˈliː/

Noun

گلی • (golli)

colloquial form of (golu, “throat”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گلی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.liː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: گَ‧لی

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀮𑀻 (*galī). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (goli).

Noun

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

street, lane
alleyway

Declension

Declension of گلی
	singular	plural
direct	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِِیاں (galiyā̃)
oblique	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِِیوں (galiyō̃)
vocative	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِِیو (galiyō)

Etymology 2

Adjective

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

feminine of گَلا (galā, “cooked”)

References

“گلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“گلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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