Delhi

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi दिल्ली (dillī)/Urdu دلی (delī), of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• (city in India):
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdɛli/
  • Homophone: deli
  • Rhymes: -ɛli
• (locale in North America):
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl.haɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Delhi within the Republic of India

Delhi

1. A city and union territory of India, which contains the capital New Delhi.
2. A locale in North America; named for the city in India.
   1. A census-designated place in California.
   2. A town in New York, and a village within it, which is the county seat of Delaware County.
   3. A community of Ontario.
   4. A town in Louisiana.
   5. A city in Iowa.
   6. A city in Minnesota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
   8. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
   9. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
   10. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
   11. An unincorporated community in Texas.
   12. A ghost town in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Delhi

• Delhi belly

• Delhian

• New Delhi

Translations

city in India

• Adyghe: Дели (Deli)
• Amharic: ዴሊ (deli)
• Arabic: دِلْهِي f (dilhī)
• Armenian: Դելի (hy) (Deli)
• Assamese: দিল্লী (dilli)
• Belarusian: Дэ́лі m (Déli)
• Bengali: দিল্লি (dilli)
• Bhojpuri: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: দিল্লী (dillī)
• Brahui: Daelí
• Bulgarian: Де́лхи (Délhi)
• Burmese: ဒေလီမြို့ (delimrui.)
• Catalan: Delhi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 德里 (dak¹ lei⁵)

  Mandarin: 德里 (zh) (Délǐ)

• Czech: Dillí (cs) n
• Danish: Delhi
• Dhivehi: ދިއްލީ (dillī)
• Dutch: Delhi (nl)
• Estonian: Delhi
• Finnish: Delhi
• French: Delhi (fr)
• German: Delhi (de)
• Greek: Δελχί n (Delchí)
• Hebrew: דלהי (deli)
• Hindi: दिल्ली (hi) f (dillī)
• Hungarian: Delhi (hu)
• Indonesian: Delhi
• Italian: Delhi
• Japanese: デリー (Derī)
• Konkani: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Korean: 델리 (Delli)
• Latin: Dellium (la) (New Latin)
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• Latvian: Deli
• Lithuanian: Delis m
• Macedonian: Делхи n (Delhi)
• Maithili: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Malayalam: ദില്ലി (ml) (dilli)
• Marathi: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Nepali: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Newar: दिल्ली (dillī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Delhi

  Nynorsk: Delhi

• Oriya: ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ (or) (dillī)
• Persian: دهلی (dehli)
• Polish: Delhi (pl)
• Portuguese: Déli, Deli, Dheli
• Punjabi: ਦਿੱਲੀ (pa) (dillī)
• Quechua: Dilhi
• Romanian: Delhi
• Russian: Де́ли (ru) m (Dɛ́li)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Делхи m

  Roman: Delhi (sh) m

• Sinhalese: දිල්ලිය (dilliya)
• Slovak: Dillí n
• Slovene: Delhi
• Spanish: Delhi (es)
• Swedish: Delhi
• Tamil: தில்லி (ta) (tilli)
• Telugu: ఢిల్లీ (te) (ḍhillī)
• Thai: เดลี (dee-lii), ดิลลี
• Turkish: Delhi (tr)
• Turkmen: Deli
• Ukrainian: Де́лі m (Déli)
• Urdu: دلّی f (dillī), دہلی f (dehlī)

Etymology 2

Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei).

Proper noun

Delhi

1. Delingha (a city in Qinghai, China)

Translations

Delingha — see Delingha

Anagrams

• Diehl, hidel, hidle, hield

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêlxi/
• Hyphenation: Del‧hi

Proper noun

Dȅlhi m (Cyrillic spelling Де̏лхи)

1. Delhi

Declension

Declension of Delhi

	singular
nominative	Delhi
genitive	Delhija
dative	Delhiju
accusative	Delhi
vocative	Delhi
locative	Delhiju
instrumental	Delhijem

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Spanish

Proper noun

Delhi f

1. Delhi (national capital territory and old city in northern India)

Derived terms

• Nueva Delhi