सहेली
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀻 (sahī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.ɦeː.liː/, [sɐ.ɦeː.liː]
Noun
सहेली • (sahelī) f (Urdu spelling سَہیلی)
- a female friend
- 2009, Vanshidhar Tiwari, दो धर्मों का संगम [do dharmõ kā saṅgam], Atmaram & Sons, →ISBN, page 76:
- हसीना की सहेलियाँ सभी आगन्तुकों का स्वागत कर बैठा रही थीं।
- hasīnā kī saheliyā̃ sabhī āgantukõ kā svāgat kar baiṭhā rahī thī̃.
- Hasina's girlfriends were welcoming the guests and getting them seated.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सहेली sahelī |
सहेलियाँ saheliyā̃ |
| oblique | सहेली sahelī |
सहेलियों saheliyõ |
| vocative | सहेली sahelī |
सहेलियो saheliyo |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahelī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 756
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहेली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 999
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सहेली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5036
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सहेली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 647.
- “सहेली”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.