पुतली
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi پتلی (ptly /putlī/) (c. 1625),[1] from Old Hindi पुतरी (putarī), from Apabhramsa पुत्तलिय (puttaliya), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮𑀺𑀆 (puttaliā), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮 (*puttala)[2] + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). By surface analysis, पुतला (putlā) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pʊt̪.liː/
- Hyphenation: पुत‧ली
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
पुतली • (putlī) f (masculine पुतला, Urdu spelling پُتْلِی)[3]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पुतली putlī |
पुतलियाँ putliyā̃ |
| oblique | पुतली putlī |
पुतलियों putliyõ |
| vocative | पुतली putlī |
पुतलियो putliyo |
Derived terms
- कठपुतली (kaṭhputlī)
References
More information
- ^ “پتلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “putrala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 468: “H. pū̆tlā m., °lī f. 'doll'”
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुतली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 636