بلی
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian بلی (bali).
Interjection
[edit]بلی • (beli)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: beli
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- بله (bale) (modern Iranian spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic بَلَى (balā). For the vowel change in Classical Persian compare لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لَٰكِن (lākin).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ˈba.leː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bǽ.liː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bǽ.le]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | balē |
Dari reading? | balē |
Iranian reading? | bali |
Tajik reading? | bale |
Adverb
[edit]Dari | بلی |
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Iranian Persian | بله |
Tajik | бале |
بلی • (balê or bali) (Dari and Classical Persian spelling, dated or literary in Iran)
Descendants
[edit]- Dari: بلی (balē)
- Iranian Persian: بله (bale), بلی (bali) (literary)
- Tajik: бале (bale)
- → Azerbaijani: bəli
- → Ottoman Turkish: بلی (bali)
- Turkish: beli
See also
[edit]Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit विडाली (viḍālī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɪl.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]بِلّی • (billī) f (masculine بِلَّا (billā), Hindi spelling बिल्ली)
Usage notes
[edit]- Although this word is feminine and used for female cats, it is also used to mean domestic cat in general. The masculine form, or the word for tomcat, is بِلَّا (billā).
Declension
[edit]Declension of بلی | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | بلی (billī) | بلیاں (billiyā̃) |
oblique | بلی (billī) | بلیوں (billiyō̃) |
vocative | بلی (billī) | بلیو (billiyō) |
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