نالی

Urdu

Etymology

From نال (nāl, “tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

نالی • (nālī) f (Hindi spelling नाली)

1. drain, tube, pipe
2. (loosely) sewer, gutter

Declension

Declension of نالی

	singular	plural
direct	نالی (nālī)	نالِیاں (nāliyā̃)
oblique	نالی (nālī)	نالِیوں (nāliyō̃)
vocative	نالی (nālī)	نالِیو (nāliyō)

References

• “نالی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نالی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.