एलची
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Chagatai [Term?]. Compare Turkish elçi (“ambassador”), Gujarati એલચી (elacī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /eːl.t͡ʃiː/
Noun
एलची • (elcī) m (Urdu spelling ایلچی)
- ambassador, emissary
- Synonym: राजदूत (rājdūt)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | एलची elcī |
एलची elcī |
| oblique | एलची elcī |
एलचियों elciyõ |
| vocative | एलची elcī |
एलचियो elciyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “एलची”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press