کلی
Appearance
Khalaj
[edit]Determiner
[edit]کُلّی (kullı)
Mazanderani
[edit]Noun
[edit]کلی (kli)
Pashto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Pathan *kəδáy < *kədáγ, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *kadág,[1] from Proto-Iranian *katákah (“house”), diminutive of *kátah. Compare Persian کده (kade, “house”), and Old Armenian քաղաք (kʻałakʻ), an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]کلی • (kəlay) m
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کلى (kəlay) | کلي (kəli) |
| oblique | کلي (kəli) | کلو (kəlo) |
| vocative | کليه (kəlya) | کلو (kəlo) |
References
[edit]- ^ Julian Kreidl (2021), “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus
- Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “کلی”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine of کُلّا (kullā, “hut; modest home”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʊl.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
[edit]کُلّی • (kullī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁੱਲੀ)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کُلّی (kullī) | کُلِّیاں (kulliyāṉ) |
| oblique | کُلّی (kullī) | کُلِّیاں (kulliyāṉ) |
| vocative | کُلّئِیے (kull'iye) | کُلِّیو (kulliyo) |
| ablative | کُلِّیوں (kulliyoṉ) | — |
| locative | کُلّے (kulle) | کُلِّیں (kulliīṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کُلّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “کُلّی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀕 (kaliga), from Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā). Cognate with Gujarati કળી (kaḷī), Marathi कळी (kaḷī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kə.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: کَ‧لی
Noun
[edit]کَلی • (kalī) f (Hindi spelling कली)
- bud (of a flower)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کَلی (kalī) | کَلِیاں (kaliyā̃) |
| oblique | کَلی (kalī) | کَلِیوں (kaliyō̃) |
| vocative | کَلی (kalī) | کَلِیو (kaliyō) |
Etymology 2
[edit]Feminine form of کُلّا (kullā), from Sanskrit कवल (kavala).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kʊl.liː/
Noun
[edit]کُلّی • (kullī) f (Hindi spelling कुल्ली)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کُلّی (kullī) | کُلِّیاں (kulliyā̃) |
| oblique | کُلّی (kullī) | کُلِّیوں (kulliyō̃) |
| vocative | کُلّی (kullī) | کُلِّیو (kulliyō) |
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- Platts, John T. (1884), “کلی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 845
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 493
- “کلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834), “کلی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1363
- “کلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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