चमेली

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (campavelli).^[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Bengali চামেলি (cameli).

Noun edit

चमेली • (camelī) f (Urdu spelling چمیلی)

Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum (plant and flower)

Declension edit

Declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमेली camelī	चमेलियाँ cameliyā̃
oblique	चमेली camelī	चमेलियों cameliyõ
vocative	चमेली camelī	चमेलियो cameliyo

Descendants edit

→ Pashto: چمبېلی
→ English: chameli

References edit

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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