خالہ
Urdu
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خالہ
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پھپا
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سالا
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَالَه (xāla), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑː.lɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: خا‧لَہ
Noun
خالَہ • (xāla) f (masculine خَالُو (xālū), Hindi spelling ख़ाला)
- maternal aunt (mother's sister)
- Synonym: ماسی (māsī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خالَہ (xālah) | خالائیں (xālā'ẽ) |
| oblique | خالَہ (xālah) | خالاؤں (xālāõ) |
| vocative | خالَہ (xālah) | خالاؤ (xālāo) |
Further reading
More information
- “خالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خالہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خاله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 485
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