हेल्लि

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Apabhramsa

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Etymology

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Compare Sanskrit हेला (helā, “frivolity, pastime, dalliance”).

Noun

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हेल्लि (helli)

  1. 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

References

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  1. ^ Kantilal Vyas (1982) Apabhraṁśa of Hemacandra (Prakrit text series)‎[1], Prakrit Text Society, →LCCN, page 133
  2. ^ Ratanlal Sanghvi (1963) Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana‎[2], volume 2, →LCCN, page 515

Further reading

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  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “हेल्लि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 951.
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