šéeli

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit शालि (śāli, “growing or unhusked rice (m); grains of rice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕéeli/

Noun

šéeli f (Perso-Arabic spelling شیلیۡ)

1. rice plant

Inflection

m-decl (Pl): -m

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “šéeli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press