انارکلی

Urdu

Etymology

From انار (anār, “pomegranate”) +‎ کَلِی (kalī, “bud”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.nɑːɾ.kə.liː/

Noun

اَنارکَلِی • (anārkalī) f (Hindi spelling अनारकली)

1. the bud of a pomegranate

Declension

Declension of انارکلی

	singular	plural
direct	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیاں (anārkaliyā̃)
oblique	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیوں (anārkaliyō̃)
vocative	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیو (anārkaliyō)

Proper noun

اَنارکَلِی • (anārkalī) f (Hindi spelling अनारकली)

1. Anarkali (a legendary courtesan from the Mughal era)

Derived terms

• اَنارکَلِی بازار (anārkalī bāzār)

Further reading

• “انارکلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “انارکلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.