ख़ाला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاله (xāla), from Arabic خالة (ḵāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.lɑː/, [xäː.läː], /kʰɑː.lɑː/, [kʰäː.läː]

Noun

ख़ाला • (xālā) f (Urdu spelling خالہ)

1. maternal aunt

   Synonym: मौसी (mausī)

Declension

Declension of ख़ाला (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाएँ xālāẽ
oblique	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाओं xālāõ
vocative	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाओ xālāo

Derived terms

• ख़ालाज़ाद (xālāzād)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press