सहेली

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀻 (sahī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.ɦeː.liː/,

Noun

सहेली • (sahelī) f (Urdu spelling سَہیلی)

  1. a female friend
    Synonyms: सखी (sakhī), अली (alī)
    Hypernyms: दोस्त (dost), मित्र (mitra)
    • 2009, Vanshidhar Tiwari, दो धर्मों का संगम [do dharmõ kā saṅgam], Atmaram & Sons, →ISBN, page 76:
      हसीना की सहेलियाँ सभी आगन्तुकों का स्वागत कर बैठा रही थीं।
      hasīnā kī saheliyā̃ sabhī āgantukõ kā svāgat kar baiṭhā rahī thī̃.
      Hasina's girlfriends were welcoming the guests and getting them seated.

Declension

Declension of सहेली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct सहेली
sahelī 		सहेलियाँ
saheliyā̃
oblique सहेली
sahelī 		सहेलियों
saheliyõ
vocative सहेली
sahelī 		सहेलियो
saheliyo

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahelī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 756

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