हँसली

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हंसली (hanslī), हँसुली (hãsulī), हंसुली (hansulī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀮𑀕 (aṃsalaga, “shoulder”), 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀮 (haṃsala, “necklace”), from Sanskrit अंस (aṃsa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hámsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə̃s.liː/, [ɦɐ̃s.liː]

Noun

हँसली • (hãslī) f (Urdu spelling ہنسلی)

1. necklace (ornament worn around the neck)
2. (anatomy) clavicle, collar bone

Declension

Declension of हँसली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हँसली hãslī	हँसलियाँ hãsliyā̃
oblique	हँसली hãslī	हँसलियों hãsliyõ
vocative	हँसली hãslī	हँसलियो hãsliyo

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áṁsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हँसुली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press