गाली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गालि (gāli).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.liː/, [ɡäː.l̪iː]

Noun

गाली • (gālī) f (Urdu spelling گالی‎)

abuse
insult
Synonym: तंज़ (tãz)
foul or insulting language
an abusive or contumelious expression

Declension

Declension of गाली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाली gālī	गालियाँ gāliyā̃
oblique	गाली gālī	गालियों gāliyõ
vocative	गाली gālī	गालियो gāliyo

Derived terms

गाली देना (gālī denā)

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “गाली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡäli]

Phonetic Devanagari: गालि

Noun

गाली • (gālī)

Derived terms

गाली गर्नु (gālī garnu)

References

“गाली”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “गाली”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

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