کھجلی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (*khajjuliā), from Sanskrit खर्जु (kharju, “itching”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Assamese খজুলি (khozuli). Doublet of کھاج (khāj) and کَھرْجُو (kharjū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰʊd͡ʒ.liː/, /kʰə.d͡ʒʊ.liː/

Noun

کُھجْلِی or کَھجُلِی • (khujlī or khajulī) f (Hindi spelling खुजली)

1. an itch
2. the act of itching
3. (idiomatic) desire, want

Declension

Declension of کھجلی
	singular	plural
direct	کُھجْلی (khujlī)	کُھجْلِیاں (khujliyā̃)
oblique	کُھجْلی (khujlī)	کُھجْلِیوں (khujliyō̃)
vocative	کُھجْلی (khujlī)	کُھجْلِیو (khujliyō)

Declension of کھجلی
	singular	plural
direct	کَھجُلی (khajulī)	کَھجُلِیاں (khajuliyā̃)
oblique	کَھجُلی (khajulī)	کَھجُلِیوں (khajuliyō̃)
vocative	کَھجُلی (khajulī)	کَھجُلِیو (khajuliyō)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “khujlī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 872
• “کھجلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.