बिल्ली
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit बिदालिका (bidālikā), a diminutive form of Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla, “cat”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editबिल्ली • (billī) f (masculine बिल्ला, Urdu spelling بلی)
- cat (of any gender)
- मेरी बिल्ली पूरे दिन सोती है ― merī billī pūre din sotī hai ― My cat sleeps all day
- female cat
Usage notes
edit- Although this word is feminine and used for female cats, it is also used to mean domestic cat in general. The masculine form, or the word for tomcat, is बिल्ला (billā).
Declension
editDeclension of बिल्ली (fem ī-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिल्ली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “बिल्ली”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “बिल्ली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बिल्ली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “billī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बिल्ली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बिल्ली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
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