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Hindi
Pronunciation
Verb
ली • (lī)
- inflection of लेना (lenā):
- feminine singular perfective participle
- feminine singular perfect indicative
Newar
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ली • (lī) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐮𑐷)
- brass
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লী (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
- লী (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- လီ (Burmese script)
- લી (Gujarati script)
- ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೀ (Kannada script)
- លី (Khmer script)
- ລີ (Lao script)
- ലീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଲୀ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ලී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
- லீ (Tamil script)
- లీ (Telugu script)
- ลี (Thai script)
- ལཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂liH-, the zero-grade of *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare Latin līmus (“slime”), Irish lean (“to follow; to endure”), Hittite (ú-li-iš-ta, “hide oneself”).
Pronunciation
Root
ली • (lī)
- to adhere, obtain
- to melt, liquefy, dissolve
- to cling or press closely, stick or adhere to
- to lie, recline, alight or settle on
- to hide or cower down in, disappear, vanish
- to deceive
- to obtain honour
- to humble
Derived terms
Noun
ली • (lī) stem, f
- clinging, adhering
Declension
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “ली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 903, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 474-475