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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit देहली (dehalī, threshold)

Noun

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دِہْلی (dihlīf (Hindi spelling देहली)

  1. threshold, doorstep
    Synonyms: دہلیز (dahlīz), چوکھٹ (caukhaṭ)
Declension
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Declension of دہلی
singular plural
direct دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیاں (dihliyā̃)
oblique دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیوں (dihliyō̃)
vocative دہلی (dihlī) دہلِیو (dihliyō)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دهلی (dihlī), of uncertain origin. See दिल्ली (dillī) for further details.

Proper noun

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دِہْلی (dihlīf (Hindi spelling देहली)

  1. Delhi (a city in India, containing the national capital New Delhi)
    Synonym: دِلّی (dillī)
    • 2021 October 23, “دہلی سے ملحق گڑگاؤں میں پھر سے جمعے کی نماز کے خلاف مظاہرہ اور جے شری رام کے نعرے [Demonstrations against Friday prayers, again, in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi and slogans of Jai Shri Ram]”, in BBC News Urdu[1]:
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Descendants
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See also
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Further reading

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  • دہلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēhalī́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press