हेल्लि
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Apabhramsa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Sanskrit हेला (helā, “frivolity, pastime, dalliance”).
Noun
[edit]हेल्लि (helli)
- a female friend
- Synonym: सही (sahī)
- c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 4.379.1:[1][2]
- महु कंतहो बे दोसडा
हेल्लि म झंखहि आलु ।- mahu kaṃtaho be dosaḍā
helli ma jhaṃkhahi ālu.
- 1928 translation by Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya
- My lover has [only] two flaws
O friend, do not tell a lie
- My lover has [only] two flaws
- mahu kaṃtaho be dosaḍā
- महु कंतहो बे दोसडा