انارکلی

Urdu

Etymology

From انار (anār, “pomegranate”) +‎ کَلِی (kalī, “bud”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.nɑːɾ.kə.liː/

Noun

اَنارکَلِی • (anārkalī) f (Hindi spelling अनारकली)

the bud of a pomegranate

Declension

Declension of **انارکلی**
	singular	plural
direct	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیاں (anārkaliyā̃)
oblique	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیوں (anārkaliyō̃)
vocative	اَنارکَلِی (anārkalī)	اَنارکَلِِیو (anārkaliyō)

Proper noun

اَنارکَلِی • (anārkalī) f (Hindi spelling अनारकली)

Anarkali (a legendary courtesan from the Mughal era)

Derived terms

اَنارکَلِی بازار (anārkalī bāzār)

Further reading

“انارکلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انارکلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.