ख़ाला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xāla), from Arabic خالة (ḵāla).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.lɑː/, [xäː.läː], /kʰɑː.lɑː/, [kʰäː.läː]

Noun

ख़ाला • (xālā) f (Urdu spelling خالہ)

maternal aunt
Synonym: मौसी (mausī)

Declension

Declension of *ख़ाला* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाएँ xālāẽ
oblique	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाओं xālāõ
vocative	ख़ाला xālā	ख़ालाओ xālāo

Derived terms

ख़ालाज़ाद (xālāzād)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press