कली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀕 (kaliga), from Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā). Cognate with Gujarati કળી (kaḷī), Marathi कळी (kaḷī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.liː/, [kɐ.liː]

Noun

कली • (kalī) f (Urdu spelling کلی)

1. bud (of a flower)

Declension

Declension of कली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कली kalī	कलियाँ kaliyā̃
oblique	कली kalī	कलियों kaliyõ
vocative	कली kalī	कलियो kaliyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press