خالہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاله (xâle), from Arabic خالة (ḵāla).

Noun

خالَہ • (xāla) f (Hindi spelling ख़ाला)

1. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of خالہ
	singular	plural
direct	خالہ (xālah)	خالائیں (xālā'ẽ)
oblique	خالہ (xālah)	خالاؤں (xālāõ)
vocative	خالہ (xālah)	خالاؤ (xālāo)

References

• “خالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.