ఖాళీ
Telugu
Alternative forms
- కాళీ (kāḷī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خالی (xālī), from Arabic خَالٍ (ḵālin). Compare Assamese খালী (khali), Bengali খালি (khali), Malayalam കാലി (kāli), Sylheti ꠈꠣꠟꠤ (xáli), Tamil காலி (kāli).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kʰaːɭiː/
Adjective
ఖాళీ • (khāḷī)
Noun
ఖాళీ • (khāḷī) ? (plural ఖాళీలు)
- a vacancy
References
- "ఖాళీ" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 125
- "ఖాళీ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 278