साले

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.leː/, [säː.leː]

Noun

साले • (sāle)

1. direct plural of साला (sālā)

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säle]
• Phonetic Devanagari: साले

Noun

साले • (sāle) m

1. (colloquial) a term of abuse, a swear word.

Declension

Declension of साले
	Singular	Plural
nominative	साले [säle]	सालेहरू [säleɦʌɾu]
accusative	सालेलाई [säleläi]	सालेहरूलाई [säleɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	सालेले [sälele]	सालेहरूले [säleɦʌɾule]
dative	सालेलाई [säleläi]	सालेहरूलाई [säleɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	सालेबाट [sälebäʈʌ]	सालेहरूबाट [säleɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	सालेको [säleko]	सालेहरूको [säleɦʌɾuko]
locative	सालेमा [sälemä]	सालेहरूमा [säleɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “साले”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “साले”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāle (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• সালে (Bengali script)
• සාලෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သာလေ or သႃလေ (Burmese script)
• สาเล (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາເລ (Lao script)
• សាលេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

साले

1. Devanagari script form of sāle, vocative singular of साला (sālā, “hall”)