हलदी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हल्दी (haldī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हलदी (haladī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəl.d̪iː/, [ɦɐl.d̪iː]

Noun

हलदी • (haldī) f (Urdu spelling ہلدی)

1. turmeric (Curcuma longa and its dye)

Declension

Declension of हलदी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हलदी haldī	हलदियाँ haldiyā̃
oblique	हलदी haldī	हलदियों haldiyõ
vocative	हलदी haldī	हलदियो haldiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हलदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हलदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haridrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হলদী (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬮᬤᬷ (Balinese script)
• হলদী (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰩𑰟𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဟလဒီ (Burmese script)
• હલદી (Gujarati script)
• ਹਲਦੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌲𑌦𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦭꦢꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂪𑂠𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಲದೀ (Kannada script)
• ហលទី (Khmer script)
• ຫລທີ (Lao script)
• ഹലദീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᠯᠠᡩᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘩𑘟𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠯᠠᢑᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧉𑦿𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐮𑐡𑐷 (Newa script)
• ହଲଦୀ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢭꢣꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆬𑆢𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖩𑖟𑖱 (Siddham script)
• හලදී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩽𑩭𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚥𑚛𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஹலதீ³ (Tamil script)
• హలదీ (Telugu script)
• หลที (Thai script)
• ཧ་ལ་དཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒪𑒠𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨬𑨛𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Alternative forms

• हलद्दी (haladdī), हलदीका (haladīkā), हलदिका (haladikā)

Etymology

Possibly from the root हल् (hal, “to plough”). But compare the variant Sanskrit हरिद्रा (haridrā, “turmeric”). With that semantic connection and that phonetic variant, one also thinks about a Semitic connection due to Hebrew חָרוּץ (ḥārū́ḏ, “cut in, dug; sharpened; figuratively gold”), Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤑 (ḥrṣ, “gold”), Punic 𐤇𐤓𐤑 (ḥrṣ, “gold; potash”), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎗𐎕 (ḥrṣ, “quicklime; whitelime; potash”), حُرْض (ḥurḍ, “potash, alkali”), حَرَض (ḥaraḍ, “to milk utterly; to be emaciated”), Akkadian ḫarṣum (“cut off, treated”) and ḫalṣum (“squeezed out, obtained by pressing, said of oils, medicine etc.”), Arabic إِحْرِيض (ʔiḥrīḍ, “saffron”), Akkadian ḫurāṣum (“gold”), Classical Syriac ܚܪ̈ܘܥܐ (ḥarrūʿā, “yellow”) whence Arabic خَرُّوع (ḵarrūʕ, “castor oil plant”), Classical Syriac ܚܪܝܥܐ (ḥrīʿā, “safflower”), ܚܪܐ (ḥrāʿ, “a plant name, especially those with yellow flowers”), but this is, though it passed into Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”), dubious due to the origin of the plant itself, the Indian term having been borrowed into Yemen as هُرْد (hurd) and another widely in Semitic as كُرْكُم (kurkum) etc. from कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma, “saffran, crocus”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.lɐ.diː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.l̪ɐ.d̪iː/

Noun

हलदी • (haladī) stem, f

1. turmeric (Curcuma longa and its dye)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of हलदी (haladī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हलदी haladī	हलद्यौ / हलदी¹ haladyau / haladī¹	हलद्यः / हलदीः¹ haladyaḥ / haladīḥ¹
Vocative	हलदि haladi	हलद्यौ / हलदी¹ haladyau / haladī¹	हलद्यः / हलदीः¹ haladyaḥ / haladīḥ¹
Accusative	हलदीम् haladīm	हलद्यौ / हलदी¹ haladyau / haladī¹	हलदीः haladīḥ
Instrumental	हलद्या haladyā	हलदीभ्याम् haladībhyām	हलदीभिः haladībhiḥ
Dative	हलद्यै haladyai	हलदीभ्याम् haladībhyām	हलदीभ्यः haladībhyaḥ
Ablative	हलद्याः / हलद्यै² haladyāḥ / haladyai²	हलदीभ्याम् haladībhyām	हलदीभ्यः haladībhyaḥ
Genitive	हलद्याः / हलद्यै² haladyāḥ / haladyai²	हलद्योः haladyoḥ	हलदीनाम् haladīnām
Locative	हलद्याम् haladyām	हलद्योः haladyoḥ	हलदीषु haladīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Nepali: हलेदो (haledo)
• Gujarati: હળદર (haḷdar)
• Marathi: हळद (haḷad)
• Odia: ହଳଦି (haḷadi)
• Bengali: হলুদ (holud)
• Assamese: হালধি (halodhi)
• Sylheti: ꠅꠟꠂꠖ (oloido)
• Punjabi: ਹਲਦੀ (haldī)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हलदी (haldī), हल्दी (haldī)

  Urdu: ہلدی (haldī)

  • → English: haldi

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हलदी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1293.
• Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 415
• Landberg, Carlo, editor (1909), Études sur les dialectes de l'Arabie méridionale. Deuxième volume. Daṯînah. Deuxième partie‎^[2] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 1317