खुशाली

See also: खुशाल

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشحالی (xʷušhālī). By surface analysis, खुशाल (khuśāl) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Hindi ख़ुशहाली (xuśhālī), Gujarati ખુશાલી (khuśālī), Punjabi ਖੁਸ਼ਹਾਲੀ (khuśhālī) / خوش حالی (xoś ḥālī).

Noun

खुशाली • (khuśālī) f

1. well-being, welfare

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “खुशाली”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खुशाली”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खुशाली”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).