दलील

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dalīl), from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl). Compare Bengali দলিল (dolil).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.liːl/, [d̪ɐ.liːl]

Noun

दलील • (dalīl) f (Urdu spelling دلیل)

argument, reasoning
Synonym: तर्क (tark)

उसकी दलील से मुझ पर काफ़ी असर हुआ।
uskī dalīl se mujh par kāfī asar huā.
His argument really made me think.

Declension

Declension of *दलील* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	दलील dalīl	दलीलें dalīlẽ
oblique	दलील dalīl	दलीलों dalīlõ
vocative	दलील dalīl	दलीलो dalīlo

References

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