سہیلی
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi سہیلی (shyly /sahelī/) (c. 1564),[1] from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀻 (sahī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī, “woman's confidante; mistress”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo, from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”).[2] Doublet of سَکھی (sakhī). Cognate with Punjabi ਸਹੇਲੀ (sahelī) / سَہیلی (sahelī) and Sindhi ساهيڙي (saheṛī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ɦeː.liː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: سَ‧ہی‧لی
Noun
سَہیلی • (sahelī) f (Hindi spelling सहेली)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سہیلی (sahelī) | سہیلِیاں (saheliyā̃) |
| oblique | سہیلی (sahelī) | سہیلِیوں (saheliyō̃) |
| vocative | سہیلی (sahelī) | سہیلِیو (saheliyō) |
References
Further reading
More information
- “سہیلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سہيلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 393
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سہيلي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “سہیلی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سہیلی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.