साली

See also: सेल, साल, and साला

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.liː/, [säː.liː]

Noun

साली • (sālī) f (masculine साला, Urdu spelling سالی)

1. sister-in-law, female equivalent of साला (sālā, “brother-in-law”)

Declension

Declension of साली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साली sālī	सालियाँ sāliyā̃
oblique	साली sālī	सालियों sāliyõ
vocative	साली sālī	सालियो sāliyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “साली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “साली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “साली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.li/, [sa.liː]

Etymology 1

Noun

साली • (sālī) f

1. A sister-in-law

   Synonym: भावजय (bhāvj̈ay)

   ती माझी साली आहे.

   tī mājhī sālī āhe.

   She is my sister-in-law.

2. (slang) A scoundrel: a term of abuse.

   साली खूप त्रास देते.

   sālī khūp trās dete.

   The scoundrel gives a lot of trouble.

Etymology 2

Noun

साली • (sālī)

1. plural of साल (sāl), in a sense of skin of fruits.

   फळांच्या साली खाऊ नयेत.

   phaḷāñcyā sālī khāū nayet.

   The skins of fruits should not be eaten.

Etymology 3

Adverb

साली • (sālī)

1. in the year of

   Synonym: वर्षी (varṣī)

   भारत १९४७ साली स्वतंत्र झाला.

   bhārat 1947 sālī svatantra jhālā.

   India became independent in the year 1947.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säli]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सालि

Noun

साली • (sālī) f

1. wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
2. (colloquial) a term of abuse, a swear word.; rascal

Declension

Declension of साली
	Singular	Plural
nominative	साली [säli]	सालीहरू [säliɦʌɾu]
accusative	सालीलाई [säliläi]	सालीहरूलाई [säliɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	सालीले [sälile]	सालीहरूले [säliɦʌɾule]
dative	सालीलाई [säliläi]	सालीहरूलाई [säliɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	सालीबाट [sälibäʈʌ]	सालीहरूबाट [säliɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	सालीको [säliko]	सालीहरूको [säliɦʌɾuko]
locative	सालीमा [sälimä]	सालीहरूमा [säliɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “साली”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “साली”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sālī (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• সালী (Bengali script)
• සාලී (Sinhalese script)
• သာလီ or သာလဳ or သႃလီ (Burmese script)
• สาลี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᩃᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາລີ (Lao script)
• សាលី (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄣𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

साली

1. Devanagari script form of sālī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of सालि (sāli, “rice”)