ताली

See also: तौल, तूलि, तिल, तुला, ताला, तल, and तेल

Hindi

Etymology

Formed as a feminine form of ताला (tālā), which is ultimately from Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.liː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.l̪iː/

Noun

ताली • (tālī) f (Urdu spelling تالی‎)

1. key

   Synonyms: चाबी (cābī), कुंजी (kuñjī)

2. clapping, applause

   ताली बजाना ― tālī bajānā ― to applaud

Declension

Declension of ताली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ताली tālī	तालियाँ tāliyā̃
oblique	ताली tālī	तालियों tāliyõ
vocative	ताली tālī	तालियो tāliyo

Derived terms

• ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā, verb)

Related terms

• ताला m (tālā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬢᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• তালী (Assamese script)
• তালী (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• તાલી (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦠꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• តាលី (Khmer script)
• ತಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
• ຕາລີ (Lao script)
• താലീ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠯᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• တာလီ (Burmese script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ତାଲୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢡꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• තාලී (Sinhalese script)
• తాలీ (Telugu script)
• ตาลี (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.liː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.l̪iː/

Noun

ताली • (tālī) f

1. name of several trees
2. toddy
3. a fragrant earth
4. a key
5. a metre of 4 x 3 long syllables

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of ताली (tālī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ताली tālī	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	ताल्यः / तालीः¹ tālyaḥ / tālīḥ¹
Vocative	तालि tāli	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	ताल्यः / तालीः¹ tālyaḥ / tālīḥ¹
Accusative	तालीम् tālīm	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	तालीः tālīḥ
Instrumental	ताल्या tālyā	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभिः tālībhiḥ
Dative	ताल्यै tālyai	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभ्यः tālībhyaḥ
Ablative	ताल्याः tālyāḥ	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभ्यः tālībhyaḥ
Genitive	ताल्याः tālyāḥ	ताल्योः tālyoḥ	तालीनाम् tālīnām
Locative	ताल्याम् tālyām	ताल्योः tālyoḥ	तालीषु tālīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ताली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445.