गली

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gátiš

Sanskrit गति॑ (gáti)?

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *गली (galī)

Hindi गली

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *गली (galī, “lane”), possibly from Sanskrit गति॑ (gáti, “going”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis, from *gʷem- + *-tis. Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ (g̠alyi) / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (goli).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.liː/, [ɡɐ.liː]

Noun

गली • (galī) f (Urdu spelling گَلِی)

1. street, lane
2. alleyway

Declension

Declension of गली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गली galī	गलियाँ galiyā̃
oblique	गली galī	गलियों galiyõ
vocative	गली galī	गलियो galiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kartá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press