دہلی

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit देहली (dehalī, threshold)

Noun

دِہْلی (dihlīf (Hindi spelling देहली)

  1. threshold, doorstep
    Synonyms: دہلیز (dahlīz), چوکھٹ (caukhaṭ)
Declension
Declension of دہلی
singular plural
direct دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیاں (dihliyā̃)
oblique دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیوں (dihliyō̃)
vocative دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیو (dihliyō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهلی (dihlī), of uncertain origin. See दिल्ली (dillī) for further details.

Proper noun

دِہْلی (dihlīf (Hindi spelling देहली)

  1. Delhi (a city in India, containing the national capital New Delhi)
    Synonym: دِلّی (dillī)
    • 2021 October 23, “دہلی سے ملحق گڑگاؤں میں پھر سے جمعے کی نماز کے خلاف مظاہرہ اور جے شری رام کے نعرے [Demonstrations against Friday prayers, again, in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi and slogans of Jai Shri Ram]”, in BBC News Urdu:
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See also

Further reading

  • دہلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēhalī́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press