ख़ाला

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ख़ाला • (xālā) f (Urdu spelling خالہ)

maternal aunt
Synonym: मौसी (mausī)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

ख़ालाज़ाद (xālāzād)

References[edit]

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

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