नालकी

Hindi

The Mahadol, a Gujarati nalki (नालकी) used by the princes of Jodhpur (early 18th cent.)

Etymology

Unknown. Compare पालकी (pālkī, “palanquin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑːl.kiː/, [näːl.kiː]

Noun

नालकी • (nālkī) f

1. (chiefly historical) nalki

   Synonyms: पालकी (pālkī), डोली (ḍolī), डोला (ḍolā), चौपाल (caupāl)

Declension

Declension of नालकी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नालकी nālkī	नालकियाँ nālkiyā̃
oblique	नालकी nālkī	नालकियों nālkiyõ
vocative	नालकी nālkī	नालकियो nālkiyo

Descendants

• English: nalki, nalky, nalkee, naleky, naulkee, naulkeen

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नालकी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2596
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नालकी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 555