अलि

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलि (ali).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.liː/,

अलि • (ali) m (Urdu spelling ال)

1. a large black bee, the bumblebee
2. a crow
3. the Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
4. a scorpion
5. spirituous liquor

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अलि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अलि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Inherited from Sanskrit अलीक (alīká).

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: अलि

अलि • (ali)

1. a little

अलि • (ali)

1. somewhat, rather

See अलिन् (alin). The "liquor" sense may be from Munda; c.f. Proto-Munda *v_₁₅li (“liquor”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.li/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.l̪i/

अलि • (ali) stem, m

1. a large black bee, the bumble bee
2. a crow
3. the Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
4. a scorpion
5. spirituous liquor
6. an enemy

• Monier Williams (1899) “अलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 95.