haveli

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English

Etymology

From Hindi हवेली (havelī).

Noun

haveli (plural havelis)

  1. A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.
    • 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 55:
      The haveli was a world within a world, self-contained and totally hidden from the view of the casual passer-by.