املی

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (aṃbiliyā), from Sanskrit अम्लिका (amlikā). Cognate with Hindustani اِمْلِی (imlī) / इमली (imlī), Vaghri આંબરી (ā̃barī), Marwari आंबली (āmblī) / 𑅐𑅧𑅪𑅮𑅑 (anbli), आमली (āmlī) / 𑅐𑅬𑅮𑅑 (amli), इमली (imlī), ईमली (īmlī) / 𑅑𑅬𑅮𑅑 (imli), Malvi अमली (amlī), Nimadi अमली (amlī).

Noun

اِمْلی (imlī) f

1. tamarind, Tamarindus indica

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 44.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “اِملی”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 113, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmlā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 58

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (aṃbiliyā), from Sanskrit अम्लिका (amlikā).

Noun

اِمْلی (īmlī) f

1. tamarind

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀇𑀫𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀕𑀸 (*imligā), from Sanskrit अम्लिका (amlikā). Cognate with Bhojpuri इमली (imᵊlī), Gujarati આમલી (āmalī), Punjabi اِمْلی (īmlī) / ਇਮਲੀ (īmlī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: اِمْ‧لی

Noun

اِمْلی • (imlī) f (Hindi spelling इमली)

1. tamarind

Declension

Declension of املی

	singular	plural
direct	اِمْلی (imlī)	اِمْلِیاں (imliyā̃)
oblique	اِمْلی (imlī)	اِمْلِیوں (imliyō̃)
vocative	اِمْلی (imlī)	اِمْلِیو (imliyō)

Further reading

• “املی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “املی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “املی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “املی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “املی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmlā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 58