गली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀮𑀻 (*galī). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی‎ (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ‎ / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (goli). Cognate with Latin callis, Italian calle and Spanish calle, meaning street, lane or path.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

गली • (galī) f (Urdu spelling گَلِی‎)

street, lane
alleyway

Declension

Declension of गली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गली galī	गलियाँ galiyā̃
oblique	गली galī	गलियों galiyõ
vocative	गली galī	गलियो galiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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