खाड़ी

See also: खड़ा, खड़े, and खड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa). Cognate with Punjabi ਖਾੜੀ (khāṛī), Gujarati ખાડી (khāḍī), Bengali খাঁড়ি (khãṛi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑː.ɽiː/, [kʰäː.ɽiː]

Noun

खाड़ी • (khāṛī) f

1. bay, gulf

Proper noun

खाड़ी • (khāṛī) f

1. the Persian Gulf

   (deprecated template usage) खाड़ी देश ― khāṛī deś ― Gulf nations

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press