haveli

English

Etymology

Hindi हवेली (havelī).

Noun

haveli (plural havelis)

1. A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.
   • 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 55:

     The haveli was a world within a world, self-contained and totally hidden from the view of the casual passer-by.