टोली

See also: टीला and टोल

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Gujarati ટોળું (ṭoḷũ), Sindhi ٽورو / टोरो, ٽولو / टोलो, ٽوليِ / टोली, Punjabi ਟੋਲਾ (ṭolā) / ٹولا (ṭolā), ਟੋਲੀ (ṭolī) / ٹولِی (ṭolī), Marathi टोळी (ṭoḷī), Assamese তুল (tul).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʈoː.liː/
• Rhymes: -oːliː

Noun

टोली • (ṭolī) f (Urdu spelling ٹولِی)

1. group, party, band
2. quarter (of a village)

Declension

Declension of टोली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	टोली ṭolī	टोलियाँ ṭoliyā̃
oblique	टोली ṭolī	टोलियों ṭoliyõ
vocative	टोली ṭolī	टोलियो ṭoliyo

Further reading

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