इलायची
Hindi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy, probably via Sauraseni Prakrit. Related to Sanskrit एलीका (elīkā), Persian هل (hel).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editइलायची • (ilāycī) f (Urdu spelling الائچی)
Declension
editDeclension of इलायची (fem ī-stem)
Descendants
edit- → English: elaichi
References
edit- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “इलायची”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इलायची”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 107