दलील

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دلیل (dalīl), from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl). Compare Bengali দলিল (dolil).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.liːl/, [d̪ɐ.liːl]

Noun

दलील • (dalīl) f (Urdu spelling دلیل)

1. argument, reasoning

   Synonym: तर्क (tark)

   उसकी दलील से मुझ पर काफ़ी असर हुआ।

   uskī dalīl se mujh par kāfī asar huā.

   His argument really made me think.

Declension

Declension of दलील (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दलील dalīl	दलीलें dalīlẽ
oblique	दलील dalīl	दलीलों dalīlõ
vocative	दलील dalīl	दलीलो dalīlo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दलील”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press