पुतली

See also: पतला, पतलू, पाताल, and पीतल

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Maithili पुतरा (putᵊrā) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒰 (putarā), पुतरी (putᵊrī) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒲 (putarī), Punjabi ਪੁਤਲਾ (putlā) / پُتلا (putlā), ਪੁਤਲੀ (putlī) / پُتلِی (putlī), Sindhi پُتِلو / पुतिलो, پُتِليِ / पुतिली, Gujarati પૂતળું (pūtaḷũ), પૂતળી (pūtaḷī), Marathi पुतळा (putḷā), Bengali পুতুল (putul), পুতলি (putoli), Assamese পুতলা (putola).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊt̪.liː/

Noun

पुतली • (putlī) f (masculine पुतला, Urdu spelling پُتْلِی)

1. doll, puppet

   Synonym: गुड़िया (guṛiyā)

Declension

Declension of पुतली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुतली putlī	पुतलियाँ putliyā̃
oblique	पुतली putlī	पुतलियों putliyõ
vocative	पुतली putlī	पुतलियो putliyo

Derived terms

• कठपुतली (kaṭhputlī)

References

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