گلی

See also: كلي and کلی

Mazanderani

Etymology

Compare Persian گلو (gelu), Latin gula.

Noun

گلی (gali)

1. (anatomy) throat

Persian

Etymology 1

From گل (gel, “mud”) +‎ ـی (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

Adjective

گلی • (geli)

1. muddy

Etymology 2

From گل (gol, “flower, rose”) +‎ ـی (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliː/

Adjective

گلی • (goli)

1. rosy, rose-colored

Noun

گلی • (goli)

1. (dialectal) cat

Proper noun

گلی • (goli)

1. a female given name, Goli
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈlliː/

Noun

گلی • (golli)

1. (anatomy, dialectal) throat

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گلی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: گَ‧لی

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀮𑀻 (*galī). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (goli).

Noun

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

1. street, lane
2. alleyway

Declension

Declension of گلی
	singular	plural
direct	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِیاں (galiyā̃)
oblique	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِیوں (galiyō̃)
vocative	گَلِی (galī)	گَلِیو (galiyō)

Etymology 2

Adjective

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

1. feminine of گَلا (galā, “cooked”)

References

• “گلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press