दिल्ली

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɪl.li/, [d̪ɪl.li]

दिल्ली (dillī) f (Kaithi 𑂠𑂱𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂲)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Unknown. Possibly from one of the following:

• Sanskrit डिल्लि (ḍilli), डिल्ली (ḍillī).
• Inherited from Apabhramsa ढिल्ली (ḍhillī), first attested in a literary work from 1132 CE).
• A feminine form of दिल (dil, “hillock”) that changed to दिल्ली (dillī) over time.
• A corrupted form of देहली (dehlī, “Delhi”) or दहलीज़ (dahlīz, “border”).
• From धिलु (dhilu) or दिलु (dilu), the name of a former king by tradition.
• Some sources also say that the word is related to a loose pillar termed ढील (ḍhīl), which is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀠𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (ḍhilla).

Compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀠𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (ḍhillī, “Delhi”), Old Gujarati ढीली (ḍhīlī, “Delhi”), and Old Marathi 𑘛𑘲𑘩𑘲 (ḍhīlī, “Delhi”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪl.liː/

दिल्ली • (dillī) f (Urdu spelling دلّی)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

   दिल्लीवाला ― dillīvālā ― Delhiite

   भारत के प्रधान मंत्री दिल्ली प्रांत में रहते हैं।

   bhārat ke pradhān mantrī dillī prānt mẽ rahte ha͠i.

   The prime minister of India lives in Delhi.

• दिल्ली अभी दूर है (dillī abhī dūr hai)

• Platts, John T. (1884) “दिल्ली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Cohen, Richard J. "An Early Attestation of the Toponym Ḍhillī". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 1989: 513–519.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दिल्ली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• IPA^(key): /dil.liː/, [dil.liː]

दिल्ली • (dillī) (Latin script Dilli, Kannada script ದಿಲ್ಲೀ)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

• IPA^(key): [dɪlliː]

दिल्ली • (dillī)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

• IPA^(key): /d̪il.li/, [d̪il.liː]

दिल्ली • (dillī) ?

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Borrowed from Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [d̪illi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: दिल्लि

दिल्ली • (dillī)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

• IPA^(key): [dilliː]

दिल्ली • (dillī) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐡𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐷)

1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)