ख़ाली
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- खाली (khālī) (nuqtaless)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خالی (xālī), from Arabic خَالٍ (ḵālin). Compare Assamese খালী (khali), Bengali খালি (khali), Malayalam കാലി (kāli), Sylheti ꠈꠣꠟꠤ (xáli).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ख़ाली • (xālī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خالی)
Noun edit
ख़ाली • (xālī) m (Urdu spelling خالی)
- (Hindustani Classical Music) an empty matra in a tala, represented by a swish of the hand and marked by ०
- तीनताल का ख़ाली नौवी मात्रा पर होती है ― tīntāl kā xālī nauvī mātrā par hotī hai
References edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ाली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.